Image displaying apparatus, image controlling apparatus, image forming apparatus, image controlling method, and computer-readable medium

• US 9,122,329 B2
• Filed: 11/02/2012
• Issued: 09/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Maekawa, Takao
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Xiao
• Assistant Examiner(s): ELBINGER, STEVEN Z
• Application Number:
  US13/667,482
• Publication Number:
  US 20130314446A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,033 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/34 for rolling or scrolling

Abstract

An image displaying apparatus includes an image display that displays an image, and a controller that determines an image and controls the image display to display the determined image. The image display includes a display that displays all or part of information content as a whole image or a partial image in a predetermined area, and when displaying the partial image, additionally displays a positional image indicating where the partial image is positioned within the whole image, and a position detector that detects the position where a contacting object contacts the display. The controller includes a scroll determining unit that determines whether or not to scroll the displayed partial image according to change in the detected position, and a positional image determining unit that determines where to display the positional image according to the detected position.

Claims

1. An image displaying apparatus comprising:

an image display configured to display an image; and

a controller configured to determine an image to be displayed by the image display, and control display of the determined image;

wherein the image display includes;

a display configured to display all or part of information content as a whole image or a partial image in a predetermined area, and when displaying the partial image, additionally display a positional image indicating where the partial image is positioned within the whole image; and

a position detector configured to detect a position where a contacting object contacts the display,

the controller includes;

a scroll determining unit configured to determine whether or not to scroll a partial image being displayed on the display according to change in the position detected by the position detector in the case where the whole image of the information content does not entirely fit on the display and the partial image is being displayed on the display; and

a positional image determining unit configured to determine a position where the positional image is to be displayed on the display according to the position detected by the position detector in the case where the scroll determining unit has determined to scroll the partial image, determine that the positional image is to be displayed on the left edge of the display in the case where the position detected by the position detector moves along a path sloped diagonally up and to the right on the display, and determine that the positional image is to be displayed on the right edge of the display in the case where the position detected by the position detector moves along a path sloped diagonally up and to the left on the display.

2. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the scroll determining unit is further configured to determine whether or not to scroll the partial image displayed on the display upward or downward according to change in the position detected by the position detector, and

the positional image determining unit is further configured to determine that the positional image is to be displayed on the right edge of the display in the case where the position detected by the position detector is in a region to the left of a predetermined virtual line that divides the display into left and right sides, and to determine that the positional image is to be displayed on the left edge of the display in the case where the position detected by the position detector is in a region to the right of the predetermined virtual line.

3. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the scroll determining unit is further configured to determine whether or not to scroll the partial image displayed on the display upward or downward according to change in the position detected by the position detector, and

the positional image determining unit is further configured to change the position where the positional image is displayed on the display when the position detected by the position detector moves between a region to the right and a region to the left of a predetermined virtual line that divides the display into left and right sides.

4. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the positional image determining unit is further configured to determine a display position of the positional image according to a position of a start point and/or a position of an end point from among positions detected by the position detector.

5. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the scroll determining unit is further configured to determine whether or not to scroll the partial image displayed on the display leftward or rightward according to change in the position detected by the position detector, and

in the case where the scroll determining unit determines to scroll the partial image leftward or rightward, the positional image determining unit determines a position where a positional image is to be displayed on the display according to the position detected by the position detector, the positional image indicating where the partial image being displayed on the display is positioned within the whole image of information content in the left and right directions.

6. An image controlling apparatus comprising:

a position acquiring unit configured to acquire a position where a contacting object contacts a display that displays all or part of information content as a whole image or a partial image in a predetermined area, and when displaying the partial image, to display a positional image indicating where the partial image is positioned within the whole image;

a scroll determining unit configured to determine whether or not to scroll a partial image being displayed on the display according to change in the position acquired by the position acquiring unit in the case where the whole image of the information content does not entirely fit on the display and the partial image is being displayed on the display;

a positional image determining unit configured to determine the position where the positional image is to be displayed on the display according to the position acquired by the position acquiring unit in the case where the scroll determining unit has determined to scroll the partial image, determine that the positional image is to be displayed on a left edge of the display in the case where the position detected by the position detector moves along a path sloped diagonally up and to the right on the display, and determine that the positional image is to be displayed on a right edge of the display in the case where the position detected by the position detector moves along a path sloped diagonally up and to the left on the display; and

an image display controller configured to display both the partial image of the information content and the positional image on the display.

7. An image forming apparatus comprising:

an image forming unit configured to form an image onto a recording medium;

an image display configured to display information regarding the apparatus; and

a controller configured to determine an image to be displayed by the image display, and control display of the determined image;

wherein the image display includes;

a display configured to display all or part of information content as a whole image or a partial image in a predetermined area, and when displaying the partial image, to display a positional image indicating where the partial image is positioned within the whole image; and

a position detector configured to detect a position where a contacting object contacts the display, and

the controller includes;

a scroll determining unit configured to determine whether or not to scroll a partial image being displayed on the display according to change in the position detected by the position detector in the case where the whole image of the information content does not entirely fit on the display and the partial image is being displayed on the display; and

a positional image determining unit configured to determine the position where the positional image is to be displayed on the display according to the position detected by the position detector in the case where the scroll determining unit has determined to scroll the partial image, determine that the positional image is to be displayed on a left edge of the display in the case where the position detected by the position detector moves along a path sloped diagonally up and to the right on the display, and determine that the positional image is to be displayed on a right edge of the display in the case where the position detected by the position detector moves along a path sloped diagonally up and to the left on the display.

8. An image controlling method comprising:

acquiring a position where a contacting object contacts a display that displays all or part of information content as a whole image or a partial image in a predetermined area, and when displaying the partial image, additionally displays a positional image indicating where the partial image is positioned within the whole image;

determining whether or not to scroll a partial image being displayed on the display according to change in the acquired position in the case where the whole image of the information content does not entirely fit on the display and the partial image is being displayed on the display;

determining a position where the positional image is to be displayed on the display according to the acquired position in the case where it is determined to scroll the partial image;

determining that the positional image is to be displayed on a left edge of the display in the case where the position detected by the position detector moves along a path sloped diagonally up and to the right on the display;

determining that the positional image is to be displayed on a right edge of the display in the case where the position detected by the position detector moves along a path sloped diagonally up and to the left on the display; and

displaying both the partial image of the information and the positional image on the display.

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

acquiring a position where a contacting object contacts a display that displays all or part of information content as a whole image or a partial image in a predetermined area, and when displaying the partial image, additionally displays a positional image indicating where the partial image is positioned within the whole image;

determining whether or not to scroll a partial image being displayed on the display according to change in the acquired position in the case where the whole image of the information does not entirely fit on the display and the partial image is being displayed on the display;

determining a position where the positional image is to be displayed on the display according to the acquired position in the case where it is determined to scroll the partial image;

determining that the positional image is to be displayed on a left edge of the display in the case where the position detected by the position detector moves along a path sloped diagonally up and to the right on the display;

determining that the positional image is to be displayed on a right edge of the display in the case where the position detected by the position detector moves along a path sloped diagonally up and to the left on the display; and

displaying both the partial image of the information and the positional image on the display.