N-up display method and apparatus, and image forming device thereof
First Claim
1. An image display method of displaying a plurality of images on an image forming apparatus having a display screen, comprising:
- receiving in the image forming apparatus a plurality of images;
classifying each of the images according to horizontal length information and vertical length information of the images to determine a shape of each of the images; and
displaying the images on the display screen, wherein all images that are classified as having a corresponding shape are adjacently displayed on the display screen to increase a quantity of images that may be simultaneously displayed on the display screen.
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Abstract
A display method and an apparatus to display a plurality of images on a screen, and an image forming apparatus to performs the N-up display method, wherein the image display method includes: classifying the images according to the similarities in their shapes on the basis of horizontal length information and vertical length information of the images; and displaying the images on the display screen such that images having similar shapes are positioned adjacent to each other. Therefore, by positioning images having similar, or corresponding, shapes at adjacent positions when images to be printed are displayed on a display unit, such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) included in the image forming apparatus, a reduction of blank spaces between displayed images and an increase of the number of images that can be displayed on a screen are promoted.
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20 Claims
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1. An image display method of displaying a plurality of images on an image forming apparatus having a display screen, comprising:
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receiving in the image forming apparatus a plurality of images; classifying each of the images according to horizontal length information and vertical length information of the images to determine a shape of each of the images; and displaying the images on the display screen, wherein all images that are classified as having a corresponding shape are adjacently displayed on the display screen to increase a quantity of images that may be simultaneously displayed on the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of displaying a plurality of images on an image forming apparatus having a display screen, comprising:
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receiving in the image forming apparatus a plurality of images; reading classification information to classify the images by shape according to the classification information; and displaying the images on the display screen, wherein all images that are classified as having a corresponding shape, on the basis of the classification information, are adjacently displayed on the display screen to increase a quantity of images that may be simultaneously displayed on the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. An image forming apparatus to display a plurality of images on a display screen, comprising:
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a data input unit to receive image data; an image classifying unit to classify the images according to horizontal length information and vertical length information of the images to determine a shape of each of the images; a layout deciding unit to determine display positions of the images on the display screen, wherein all images that are classified as having a corresponding shape, based on the horizontal length information and the vertical length information of the images, are positioned in adjacent display positions; and a display unit to display the images on the display screen according to the determined display positions. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An image forming apparatus to display images, comprising:
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a data input unit to receive image data; a print unit to print images using the image data; a size detector to detect horizontal length information and vertical length information of the images using the image data; a storage unit to store the detected horizontal length information and the detected vertical length information of the images; an image classifying unit to classify the images according to shape, based on the stored horizontal length information and the stored vertical length information of the images detected by the size detector; a layout deciding unit to determine display positions of the images, wherein all images that are classified as having a corresponding shape, on the basis of the horizontal length information and the vertical length information of the images, are positioned in adjacent display positions; and a display unit to display the images on a display screen according to the determined display positions. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. An image display method of an image forming apparatus having a display screen, comprising:
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classifying images according to horizontal length information and vertical length information of the images to determine a shape of each of the images; and determining display positions of the images to position all images that are classified as having a corresponding shape, based on the horizontal length information and the vertical length information, in adjacent display positions to increase a quantity of images that may be simultaneously displayed on the display screen; and displaying the images on the display screen according to the determined display positions. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. An image display apparatus having a display screen, the apparatus comprising:
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an image classifying unit, controlled by a processor, to classify images according to horizontal length information and vertical length information of the images to determine a shape of each of the images; a layout deciding unit to determine display positions of the images, wherein all images that are classified as having a corresponding shape, based on the horizontal length information and the vertical length information, are positioned in adjacent display positions to increase a quantity of images that may be simultaneously displayed on the display screen; and a display unit to display the images on the display screen according to the determined display positions.
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Specification