Image processing device, non-transitory computer readable recording medium and operational event determining method

• US 8,982,397 B2
• Filed: 10/11/2013
• Issued: 03/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Inventors: Asai, Shinichi, Kurohata, Takao, Nagatani, Kentaro, Kurumasa, Yoichi, Shinosaki, Yusuke, Isamikawa, Junichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Allen H
• Application Number:
  US14/051,803
• Publication Number:
  US 20140104648A1
• Time in Patent Office: 522 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.13, 358/1.14, 358/1.15, 715/784, 715/810, 345/173
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00352 Input means H04N1/00411 takes precedence; input arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00381 Input by recognition or interpretation of visible user gestures manual input means, e.g. digitisers, writing tablets H04N1/00392; gesture input to computers G06F3/017; recognition algorithms G06V40/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00424 using a list of graphical elements, e.g. icons or icon bar
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00474 outputting a plurality of functional options, e.g. scan, copy or print
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00482 outputting a plurality of job set-up options, e.g. number of copies, paper size or resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00506 Customising to the data to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00514 for individual users

Abstract

An image processing device comprises: a display part on which various types of screens are displayed; a manipulation detecting part for detecting an input by a user on the screen; a grouping part for classifying multiple screen parts contained in the screen into a group as a closed region by the screen part that is capable of receiving the same event and associating the same event with the group as the common event in the group; an event determining part for identifying the closed region where the user'"'"'s input is detected and running only an operational event determining routine corresponding to the event associated with the group of the identified closed region of a plurality of operational event determining routines when the input is detected, thereby specifying the event corresponding to the user'"'"'s input; and a controlling part for controlling operations based on the specified event.

Claims

1. An image processing device comprising:

a display part on which various types of screens are displayed;

a manipulation detecting part for detecting an input by a user on the screen of said display part;

a grouping part for classifying multiple screen parts contained in the screen displayed on said display part into a group as a closed region by the screen part that is capable of receiving the same event and associating the same event with said group as the common event in said group;

an event determining part for identifying the closed region where the user'"'"'s input is detected among from at least one closed region classified by said grouping part and running only an operational event determining routine corresponding to the event associated with the group of the identified closed region of a plurality of operational event determining routines when the input is detected by said manipulation detecting part, thereby specifying the event corresponding to the user'"'"'s input; and

a controlling part for controlling operations based on the event specified by said event determining part.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein

said grouping part classifies the multiple screen parts contained in the screen into at least one group and associates the common event in the group with each group based on instruction information received from outside.

3. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein

said grouping part analyzes the multiple screen parts contained in the screen displayed on said display part, thereby classifying two or more screen parts which are capable of receiving the same event and located within the range of a predetermined distance in the screen together to create a group and associating the common event with the group.

4. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein

said grouping part selects the common event that can be received on every screen part included in each group among from the multiple events including flicking, dragging, single tapping, double tapping, long tapping and pinching, and associates the selected event.

5. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the screen parts include an icon image corresponding to an operational key, a list region in which information is displayed in a list form, a thumbnail image region in which a thumbnail image is displayed or a preview region in which a preview image is displayed.

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

said grouping part is capable of forming another closed region included in one closed region and classifying into two regions, said grouping part associating the common event in both said one closed region and said another closed region with the group corresponding to said one closed region and associating the common event in only said another closed region with the group corresponding to said another closed region.

7. The image processing device according to claim 6, wherein

said event determining part, when the closed region where said manipulation detecting part detects the user'"'"'s input is said another closed region, runs the operational event determining routines corresponding to the events associated with the group of each of said another closed region and said one closed region one after the other, thereby specifying the event corresponding to the user'"'"'s input.

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

said event determining part, when the closed region where said manipulation detecting part detects the user'"'"'s input is said another closed region, runs the operational event determining routine corresponding to the event associated with said one closed region after running the operational event determining routine corresponding to the event associated with said another closed region.

9. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the screen part contained in the screen displayed on said display part is allowed to be added, deleted or changed, and

said grouping part changes the common event associated with the group including the added, deleted or changed screen part contained in the screen displayed on said display part.

10. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the screen part contained in the screen displayed on said display part is allowed to be added, deleted or changed, and

said grouping part classifies again the multiple screen parts contained in the screen into at least one group when the screen part contained in the screen displayed on said display part is added, deleted or changed.

11. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein

said grouping part associates the event depending on how the screen part is displayed with the group including the screen part capable of displaying the same information in a different manner.

12. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein

said event determining part, when the closed region where said manipulation detecting part detects the user'"'"'s input extends into several closed regions, runs only the operational event determining routine corresponding to the event associated with the group of the closed region where the input is detected at first, thereby specifying the event corresponding to the user'"'"'s input.

13. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium on which a program is recorded, said program executable on a computer including a display part on which various types of screens are displayed and a manipulation detecting part for detecting an input by a user on the screen of said display part, said program executed on said computer to function as a system comprising:

a grouping part for classifying multiple screen parts contained in the screen displayed on said display part into a group as a closed region by the screen part that is capable of receiving the same event and associating the same event with said group as the common event in said group;

an event determining part for identifying the closed region where the user'"'"'s input is detected among from at least one closed region classified by said grouping part and running only an operational event determining routine corresponding to the event associated with the group of the identified closed region of a plurality of operational event determining routines when the input is detected by said manipulation detecting part, thereby specifying the event corresponding to the user'"'"'s input; and

a controlling part for controlling operations based on the event specified by said event determining part.

14. An operational event determining method for determining an event corresponding to an input by a user with a display part on which various types of screens are displayed based on the input, comprising the steps of:

(a) classifying multiple screen parts contained in the screen displayed on said display part into a group as a closed region by the screen part that is capable of receiving the same event and associating the same event with said group as the common event in said group;

(b) detecting the input by the user with one of the screens being displayed on said display part; and

(c) identifying the closed region where the user'"'"'s input is detected among from at least one closed region classified by said grouping part and running only an operational event determining routine corresponding to the event associated with the group of the identified closed region of the plurality of operational event determining routines when the input is detected by said manipulation detecting part, thereby specifying the event corresponding to the user'"'"'s input.