Communication device, method for controlling the same, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program for the same

• US 9,237,247 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2012
• Issued: 01/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Kasamatsu, Daisuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Dharia, Prabodh M
• Application Number:
  US13/547,507
• Publication Number:
  US 20130021277A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,279 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-184, 715/761, 348/744, 348/E15.137
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00477 Indicating status, e.g. of a job for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N2201/3219

Abstract

There is provided a communication device including: a touch screen display configured to detect an indicated position and to display a plurality of kinds of object; a controller configured to control the touch screen display to define at least one first area in the touch screen display, control the touch screen display to display a first object in the first area, execute a setting process of communication based on the indicated position in a case that the indicated position detected by the touch screen display is located in the first area; and control the touch screen display to display a second object, which is in relation to data obtained depending on execution or completion of the setting process of communication, in the first area, instead of the first object, in a case that execution of the setting process of communication is completed.

Claims

1. A multi-function peripheral which is communicable with an external device, comprising:

a printer section configured to print an image onto a medium;

a touch screen display configured to detect an indicated position on the touch screen display and to display a plurality of kinds of objects at the same time;

a controller configured to;

control the touch screen display to define at least one first area in the touch screen display, wherein the first area is configured to display one of a first object, which is in relation to executing a setting process of communication, and a second object, which is in relation to data obtained depending on execution or completion of the setting process of communication,

control the touch screen display to display the first object in the first area and another object in another area except for the first area,

in response to a detection of the indicated position in the first area, execute the setting process of communication in a case that the first object is displayed in the first area and that the indicated position detected by the touch screen display is located in the first area; and

control the touch screen display to continue to display the another object in the another area, and display the second object, in the first area, instead of the first object, in a case that execution of the setting process of communication is completed; and

wherein the first area is configured to display one of the first object, the second object, and a third object, wherein the third object comprises an error display message;

in response to a detection of an error, and based on a determination that a priority of the error is higher than a priority of the first and second objects, at least a portion of the third object is displayed in the first area instead of the first object or the second object; and

in response to the detection of the error, and based on a determination that the priority of the error is lower than the priority of the first and second objects, the first object or the second object continues to be displayed in the first area.

2. The multi-function peripheral according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control the touch screen display to redisplay the first object in the first area instead of the second object, in a case that a processing result obtained by the execution of the setting process of communication is reset.

3. The multi-function peripheral according to claim 2,

wherein the setting process of communication includes a setting process of wireless communication between the communication device and a specific wireless base station as the external device;

and

the controller is configured to control the touch screen display to redisplay the first object in the first area instead of the second object, in a case that radio-field strength of the specific wireless base station is smaller than a threshold.

4. The multi-function peripheral according to claim 3,

wherein the controller is configured to control the touch screen display to display the second object in the first area instead of the first object, in a case that the first object is redisplayed in the first area due to a situation that the radio-field strength of the specific wireless base station is greater than the threshold.

5. The multi-function peripheral according to claim 1, wherein the setting process of communication includes a setting process of wireless communication between the communication device and the external device;

and

the controller is configured to control the touch screen display to redisplay the first object in the first area instead of the second object, in a case that wired communication is used instead of the wireless communication.

6. The multi-function peripheral according to claim 5,

wherein the setting process of communication includes a setting process of wireless communication between the communication device and a specific wireless base station as the external device;

and

the controller is configured to control the touch screen display to redisplay the first object in the first area instead of the second object, in a case that radio-field strength of the specific wireless base station is smaller than a threshold.

7. The multi-function peripheral according to claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to control the touch screen display to display the second object in the first area instead of the first object, in a case that the first object is redisplayed in the first area due to a situation that the radio-field strength of the specific wireless base station is greater than the threshold.

8. The multi-function peripheral according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control the touch screen display to define a second area, which is overlapped with at least a part of the first area, in the touch screen display and to control the touch screen display to display a third object in the second area;

and

the controller is configured to control the touch screen display to delete the first object from the first area and display the third object in the second area in preference to the first object, in a case that priority of the third object is higher than priority of the first object, and to control the touch screen display to delete the second object from the first area and display the third object in the second area in preference to the second object, in a case that the priority of the third object is higher than priority of the second object.

9. The multi-function peripheral according to claim 8, wherein the third object is an image indicating an error occurred in the communication device.

10. The multi-function peripheral according to claim 1, wherein the setting process of communication includes a setting process of wireless communication between the communication device and the external device, and

the first object is an image indicating data relating to a situation before the setting process of wireless communication.

11. The multi-function peripheral according to claim 1, wherein the setting process of communication includes a setting process of wireless communication between the communication device and the external device, and

the second object is an image indicating data obtained depending on execution or completion of the setting process of wireless communication.

12. The multi-function peripheral according to claim 1, wherein the setting process of communication is a wireless communication setting process between the communication device and a specific wireless base station as the external device, and

the controller is configured to:

control the touch screen display to display the first object in the first area, before the wireless communication setting process is performed, and

control the touch screen display to display an image regarding a radio-field strength of the specific wireless base station at the communication device in the first area as the second object, under a condition that the wireless communication setting process is completed.

13. The multi-function peripheral according to claim 1:

wherein the first area is configured to display one of the first object, the second object, and a third object; and

in response to a detection of an error, display at least a portion of the third object in the first area, wherein the third object comprises an error display message; and

in response to fixing the error, control the touch screen display to delete the third object from the first area and display one of the first object and the second object.

14. The multi-function peripheral according to claim 1, wherein the printer section includes a printing head and a feeding mechanism configured to feed the medium toward the printing head,

under a condition that the error is due to the printing head or the feeding mechanism, the priority of the error is determined to be higher than the priority of the first and second objects, and

under a condition that the error is due to a lack of expendables used by the printer section, the priority of the error is determined to be lower than the priority of the first and second objects.

15. A method for controlling a multi-function peripheral,

the multi-function peripheral including a printer section configured to print an image onto a medium and a touch screen display configured to detect an indication received on the touch screen display and to display a plurality of objects;

and

a controller configured to perform a wireless communication setting process in response to a detection of the indication, the method comprising;

defining a first area in the touch screen display, wherein the first area is configured to display one of a first object, which is in relation to executing the wireless communication setting process, a second object, which is in relation to data obtained depending on execution or completion of the wireless communication setting process, and a third object, wherein the third object comprises an error display message;

in response to a detection of an indication in the first area, executing the wireless communication setting process in a case that the indication detected by the touch screen display is located in the first area;

in response to completing execution of the wireless communication setting process, displaying, in the first area, the second object instead of the first object; and

in response to a detection of an error, and based on a determination that a priority of the error is higher than a priority of the first and second objects, at least a portion of the third object is displayed in the first area instead of the first object or the second object; and

in response to the detection of the error, and based on a determination that the priority of the error is lower than the priority of the first and second objects, the first object or the second object continues to be displayed in the first area.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for a multi-function peripheral, the multi-function peripheral including a printer section configured to print an image onto a medium and a touch screen display configured to detect an indication and to display a plurality of objects, and a controller configured to perform a wireless communication setting process in response to a detection of the indication detected by the touch screen display, wherein the program is configured so that the controller in the communication device functions as:

a first display control mechanism configured to control the touch screen display to define a first area in the touch screen display, wherein the first area is configured to display one of a first object, which is in relation to executing the wireless communication setting process, and a second object, which is in relation to data obtained depending on execution or completion of the setting process of communication;

a process executing mechanism configured to execute the wireless communication setting process in a case that the indication detected by the touch screen display is located in the first area displaying the first object;

a second display control mechanism configured to control the touch screen display to display the second object instead of the first object in a case that execution of the wireless communication setting process is completed; and

a third display control mechanism configured to, in response to a detection of an error, and based on a determination that a priority of the error is higher than a priority of the first and second objects, at least a portion of the third object is displayed in the first area instead of the first object or the second object; and

wherein the third display control mechanism is further configured to, in response to the detection of the error, and based on a determination that the priority of the error is lower than the priority of the first and second objects, continue to display the first object or the second object in the first area.

17. A communication device which is communicable with an external device, comprising:

a touch screen display configured to detect an indicated position on the touch screen display and to display a plurality of kinds of objects at the same time;

a controller configured to;

control the touch screen display to define at least one first area in the touch screen display, wherein the first area is configured to display one of a first object, which is in relation to executing a setting process of communication, and a second object, which is in relation to data obtained depending on execution or completion of the setting process of communication,

control the touch screen display to display the first object in the first area and another object in another area except for the first area,

in response to a detection of the indicated position in the first area, execute the setting process of communication in a case that the first object is displayed in the first area and that the indicated position detected by the touch screen display is located in the first area; and

control the touch screen display to continue to display the another object in the another area, and display the second object, in the first area, instead of the first object, in a case that execution of the setting process of communication is completed, wherein the setting process of communication includes a setting process of wireless communication between the communication device and a specific wireless base station as the external device; and

the controller is configured to control the touch screen display to redisplay the first object in the first area instead of the second object, in a case that radio-field strength of the specific wireless base station is smaller than a threshold, for a fixed period.