Display-controlling device, display device, display-controlling method, and computer readable medium

• US 9,086,782 B2
• Filed: 08/25/2010
• Issued: 07/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Sasaki, Shigehiko, Tomoda, Kyotaro, Ichiboshi, Akira, Sato, Masahiro, Ishii, Tsutomu
• Primary Examiner(s): Pesin, Boris
• Assistant Examiner(s): HEFFINGTON, JOHN M
• Application Number:
  US12/868,367
• Publication Number:
  US 20110173567A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,791 Days
• Field of Search: 715/854, 715/708, 715/712, 715/772, 715/802, 715/819, 715/820, 715/823, 715/829, 715/835
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

A display-controlling device includes: a display-controlling unit that controls a display unit to display an image indicating an item selected upon receipt of an instruction at a receiving unit, wherein if a first image indicating a first selected item is displayed at a first position, and an item instructed to be selected changes from the first selected item to a second selected item, the display-controlling unit causes there to be displayed, without erasure of the first image, a second image indicating the second selected item at a second position, which position is reached from the first position by movement in the first direction by an amount based on a position of the second selected item as viewed from the first selected item, with simultaneous movement in a second direction other than the first direction by a predetermined amount.

Claims

1. A display-controlling device comprising:

a. a receiving unit that receives an instruction to select an item from among a plurality of items arranged in a first direction; and

b. a display-controlling unit that controls a display unit to display an image indicating an item selected upon receipt of the instruction at the receiving unit, wherein

c. a first instance of the image comprises a first cursor and a second instance of the image comprises a second cursor, wherein

d. if the first cursor indicating a first selected item is displayed at a first position, and an item instructed to be selected changes from the first selected item to a second selected item in the first direction, the display-controlling unit causes there to be displayed the second cursor indicating the second selected item at a second position, which position is reached from the first position by movement in the first direction by an amount based on a position of the second selected item as viewed from the first selected item, and

e. an item instructed to be selected changes from the second selected item to a third selected item in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the display controlling unit causes there to be displayed a third instance of the image comprising a third cursor indicating the third selected item at a third position, which position is reached from the second position by movement in the second direction by an amount based on a position of the third selected item as viewed from the second selected item with simultaneous movement in a third direction other than the first direction and the second direction by a predetermined amount, while the first cursor continues to be displayed at the first position and the second cursor continues to be displayed at the second position without being erased.

2. The display-controlling device according to claim 1, wherein:

if a transaction between items selected upon receipt of the instruction at the receiving unit continues in a direction that is opposite to a direction previously moved, the display controlling unit effects the movement in the second direction; and

if the transaction continues in either the positive direction or the negative direction of the first direction, the display controlling unit does not affect the movement in the second direction.

3. The display-controlling device according to claim 2, wherein:

the display unit has a display medium to display a plurality of images in a predetermined area, and drives the display medium by a first driving method, in which an image is displayed by additionally drawing, or a second driving method, in which an image is displayed by redrawing an area in its entirety;

if the second position is within the area, the display-controlling unit drives the display unit by the first driving method; and

if the second position is outside the area, the display-controlling unit drives the display unit by the second driving method.

4. The display-controlling device according to claim 2, wherein when the second cursor is displayed, the display-controlling unit causes there to be displayed an image representing a transition between the selected items at a position between the first cursor and the second cursor.

5. The display-controlling device according to claim 1, wherein:

the display unit has a display medium to display a plurality of images in a predetermined area, and drives the display medium by a first driving method, in which an image is displayed by additional drawing, or a second driving method, in which an image is displayed by redrawing an area in its entirety;

if the second position is within the area, the display-controlling unit drives the display unit by the first driving method; and

if the second position is outside the area, the display-controlling unit drives the display unit by the second driving method.

6. The display-controlling device according to claim 5, wherein when the second cursor is displayed, the display-controlling unit causes there to be displayed an image representing a transition between the selected items at a position between the first cursor and the second cursor.

7. The display-controlling device according to claim 1, wherein when the second cursor is displayed, the display-controlling unit causes there to be displayed an image representing a transition between the selected items at a position between the first cursor and the second cursor.

8. A display device comprising:

a. a selecting unit that selects either one of a plurality of items arranged in a first direction;

b. a display unit that displays an image indicating an item selected by the selecting unit; and

c. a display-controlling unit that controls a display position of the image displayed on the display unit, wherein

d. wherein a first instance of the image is a first cursor and a second instance of the image is a second cursor, wherein

e. if the first cursor indicating a first selected item is displayed at a first position, and an item selected by the selecting unit is changed from the first selected item to a second selected item in the first direction, the display-controlling unit causes there to be displayed the second cursor indicating the second selected item at a second position, which position is reached from the first position by movement in the first direction by an amount based on a position of the second selected item as viewed from the first selected item, and

f. an item instructed to be selected changes from the second selected item to a third selected item in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the display controlling unit causes there to be displayed a third instance of the image comprising a third cursor indicating the third selected item at a third position, which position is reached from the second position by movement in the second direction by an amount based on a position of the third selected item as viewed from the second selected item with simultaneous movement in a third direction other than the first direction and the second direction by a predetermined amount, while the first cursor continues to be displayed at the first position and the second cursor continues to be displayed at the second position without being erased.

9. A display-controlling method comprising:

a. receiving an instruction to select an item from among a plurality of items arranged in a first direction; and

b. controlling a display unit to display an image indicating an item selected upon receipt of the instruction, wherein

c. wherein a first instance of the image is a first cursor and a second instance of the image is a second cursor, wherein

d. if the first cursor indicating a first selected item is displayed at a first position, and an item instructed to be selected changes from the first selected item in the first direction to a second selected item, the second cursor indicating the second selected item is displayed at a second position, which position is reached from the first position by movement in the first direction by an amount based on a position of the second selected item as viewed from the first selected item, and

e. an item instructed to be selected changes from the second selected item to a third selected item in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the display controlling unit causes there to be displayed a third instance of the image comprising a third cursor indicating the third selected item at a third position, which position is reached from the second position by movement in the second direction by an amount based on a position of the third selected item as viewed from the second selected item with simultaneous movement in a third direction other than the first direction and the second direction by a predetermined amount, while the first cursor continues to be displayed at the first position and the second cursor continues to be displayed at the second position without being erased.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for display controlling, the process comprising:

a. receiving an instruction to select an item from among a plurality of items arranged in a first direction; and

b. controlling a display unit to display an image indicating an item selected upon receipt of the instruction, wherein

c. wherein a first instance of the image is a first cursor and a second instance of the image is a second cursor, wherein

d. if the first cursor indicating a first selected item is displayed at a first position, and an item instructed to be selected changes from the first selected item to a second selected item in the first direction, the second cursor indicating the second selected item is displayed at a second position, which position is reached from the first position by movement in the first direction by an amount based on a position of the second selected item as viewed from the first selected item, and

e. an item instructed to be selected changes from the second selected item to a third selected item in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the display controlling unit causes there to be displayed a third instance of the image comprising a third cursor indicating the third selected item at a third position, which position is reached from the second position by movement in the second direction by an amount based on a position of the third selected item as viewed from the second selected item with simultaneous movement in a third direction other than the first direction and the second direction by a predetermined amount, while the first cursor continues to be displayed at the first position and the second cursor continues to be displayed at the second position without being erased.