Display control apparatus, display control method, and storage medium

• US 8,782,544 B2
• Filed: 10/07/2011
• Issued: 07/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Hibi, Makoto
• Primary Examiner(s): PHANTANA ANGKOOL, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US13/268,201
• Publication Number:
  US 20120096376A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,012 Days
• Field of Search: 715/765, 715/764, 715/863
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A display control apparatus specifies a position on a display screen that is specified by the user according to an instruction from the user, and displays information on the display screen that is set by the specified first position and second position and indicates data to be displayed from among a plurality of items of data on the display screen. When the user further specifies a third position, the display control apparatus determines whether an instruction from the user for specifying the third position is a specified instruction that differs from an instruction for specifying the second position. When it is determined that the instruction is the specified instruction, the display control apparatus displays data, from among the plurality of items of data, that corresponds to the information displayed on the display screen.

Claims

1. A display control apparatus comprising:

a specifying unit configured to specify a position on a display screen which is designated by a user'"'"'s instruction;

a first display control unit configured to cause a display screen to display information based on first and second positions which are specified by said specifying unit, the information indicating data to be displayed among a plurality of items of data;

a determination unit configured to, in a case where said specifying unit specifies a third position on the display screen according to the user'"'"'s instruction, determine whether the user'"'"'s instruction for designating the third position is a predetermined instruction that is different from the user'"'"'s instruction for designating the second position;

a second display control unit configured to, in a case where said determination unit determines that the user'"'"'s instruction for designating the third position is the predetermined instruction, cause the display screen to display data corresponding to the information displayed by said first display control unit, among the plurality of items; and

at least one processor configured to function as at least one of said specifying unit, said first display control unit, said determination unit, and said second display control unit.

2. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first display control unit causes the display screen to display information indicating a number corresponding to an item of data to be displayed on the display screen, and said second display control unit causes data corresponding to the number that is displayed on the display screen by the first display control unit.

3. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of items of data are a plurality of images stored in a memory, and said first display control unit causes the display screen to display a thumbnail image of an image corresponding to the first and second positions, and said second display control unit causes an image corresponding to the thumbnail image displayed on the display screen among the plurality of images stored in the memory to be displayed on the display screen.

4. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first display control unit causes the display screen to display information corresponding to a distance between the first and second positions on the display screen.

5. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said specifying unit specifies a move designated by the user on the display screen from the first position, to the second position, and a move from the second position to the third position.

6. The display control apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said determination unit determines whether the user'"'"'s instruction for designating the third position is the predetermined instruction, based on a direction of move from the second position to the third position on the display screen.

7. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program that is read by a computer to cause the computer to function as the display control apparatus according to claim 1.

8. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display screen is displayed by a touch panel, and said specifying unit specifies a position which is designated by the user in the touch panel.

9. A display control method comprising the steps of:

specifying a position on a display screen which is designated by a user'"'"'s instruction;

causing a display screen to display information based on first and second positions which are specified, the information indicating data to be displayed among a plurality of items of data;

determining, in a case where a third position on the display screen is specified according to the user'"'"'s instruction, whether the user'"'"'s instruction for designating the third position is a predetermined instruction that is different from the user'"'"'s instruction for designating the second position; and

causing, in a case where it is determined that the user'"'"'s instruction for designating the third position is the predetermined instruction, the display screen to display data corresponding to the displayed information, among the plurality of items.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a first display control unit configured to cause a display screen to display, in a case where a drag operation is performed by a user, information indicating data corresponding to a distance of the drag operation among a plurality of items of data;

a second display control unit configured to, in a case where an operation to the information is performed by a user when the information is displayed by the first display control unit, cause the display screen to display data corresponding to the information;

at least one processor configured to function as at least one of said first display control unit and said second display control unit; and

a memory configured to store a program,

wherein the at least one processor functions as at least one of said first display control unit and said second display control unit by executing the program stored in the memory.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein in a case where a drag operation corresponding to a first direction is performed by a user, the first display control unit causes the display screen to display the information, and

wherein in a case where a drag operation corresponding to a second direction is performed by a user when the information is displayed, said second display control unit causes the display screen to display the data corresponding to the information.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein in a case where the drag operation corresponding to the second direction is performed in succession to the drag operation corresponding to the first direction, said second display control unit causes the display screen to display data corresponding to the information.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein in a case where the information is displayed according to the drag operation corresponding to the first direction and the drag operation performed by the user is completed before the drag operation corresponding to the second direction is performed, said second display control unit does not cause the display screen to display the data corresponding to the information.

14. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the display screen has a touch panel and the drag operation is performed by the user on the touch panel.

15. A method comprising the steps of:

causing a display screen to display, in a case where a drag operation is performed by a user, information indicating data corresponding to a distance of the drag operation among a plurality of items of data; and

causing, in a case where an operation to the information is performed by a user when the information is displayed by the display screen, the display screen to display the data corresponding to the information.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein in the case where the drag operation performed by the user corresponds to a first direction, the display screen is caused to display the information, and

wherein in a case where the drag operation performed by the user when the information is displayed corresponds to a second direction, the display screen is caused to display the data corresponding to the information.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein in a case where the drag operation corresponding to the second direction is performed in succession to the drag operation corresponding to the first direction, the display screen is caused to display data corresponding to the information.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein in a case where the information is displayed according to the drag operation corresponding to the first direction and the drag operation performed by the user is completed before the drag operation corresponding to the second direction is performed, the display screen is not caused to display the data corresponding to the information.

19. The method according to claim 15, wherein the display screen has a touch panel, and the drag operation is performed by the user on the touch panel.

20. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program that is read by a computer to cause the computer to execute the method according to claim 15.