Non-transitory storage medium storing display program and display device

• US 10,025,485 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2015
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Fujiwara, Susumu
• Primary Examiner(s): Song, Daeho D
• Application Number:
  US14/668,158
• Publication Number:
  US 20150277690A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,210 Days
• Field of Search: 715784, 715854
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/50 of still image data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A non-transitory storage medium storing a display program that causes a display device to execute: an image display processing; a storage processing for storing arrangement information for arranging image data along a first and a second direction; a determination processing for determining whether a scroll direction of a currently displayed image is in a first or a second direction; a first image-setting processing for setting, as a target image, an image arranged in the first direction with respect to the currently displayed image, based on the arrangement information, when the direction is the first direction; and a second image-setting processing, for setting, as the target image, an image arranged in the second direction with respect to the currently displayed image, based on the arrangement information, when the direction is the second direction, wherein the target image is displayed when it is set in the first or second image-setting processing.

Claims

1. A non-transitory storage medium storing a display program executable by a controller of a display device comprising:

a display unit; and

an operation portion configured to receive an input operation,

wherein the display program, when executed by the controller, causes the display device to execute;

an image display processing for displaying, on the display unit, an image based on a corresponding one of a plurality of sets of image data stored in a memory connected to the display device;

an arrangement-information storage processing for storing, in the memory, arrangement information for arranging the plurality of sets of image data along a first direction according to a first condition and along a second direction according to a second condition different from the first condition, the first direction and the second direction intersecting each other;

a scroll-direction determination processing for determining whether a scroll direction of a currently displayed image by a scroll operation is in the first direction or in the second direction when an input operation received through the operation portion is the scroll operation, the scroll operation being for scrolling the currently displayed image that is being currently displayed on the display unit;

a first image-setting processing for setting, as a target image, an image based on image data arranged in the first direction with respect to image data of the currently displayed image on the display unit, when it is determined in the scroll-direction determination processing that the scroll direction is in the first direction, the target image being specified by a value of a parameter in the first direction indicating the first condition and a value of a parameter in the second direction indicating the second condition, the parameter in the first direction and the parameter in the second direction being mutually different from each other; and

a second image-setting processing, for setting, as the target image, an image based on image data arranged in the second direction with respect to the image data of the currently displayed image on the display unit, on the basis of the arrangement information, when it is determined in the scroll-direction determination processing that the scroll direction is in the second direction, the target image being specified by the value of the parameter in the first direction and the value of the parameter in the second direction,

wherein the target image is displayed on the display unit in the image display processing when the target image is specified by the value of the parameter in the first direction and the value of the parameter in the second direction in the first image-setting processing or in the second image-setting processing,

wherein, in the first image-setting processing, when the value of the parameter in the first direction is changed from a first value to a second value while the value of the parameter in the second direction indicating the second condition is maintained at a first value, a first image based on image data specified by the first value of the parameter in the second direction and the second value of the parameter in the first direction is set as the target image while any images specified by any values, other than the first value of the parameter in the second direction and any values, other than the second value of the parameter in the first direction are not set as the target image, and the first image is displayed so as to scroll, when it is determined in the scroll-direction determination processing that the scroll direction is in the first direction,

wherein, in the second image-setting processing, the value of the parameter in the second direction is changed from the first value to a second value while the value of the parameter in the first direction is maintained at the first value, a second image based on image data specified by the first value of the parameter in the first direction and the second value of the parameter in the second direction is set as the target image while any images specified by any values, other than the first value of the parameter in the first direction and any values, other than the second value of the parameter in the second direction are not set as the target image, and the second image is displayed so as to scroll, when it is determined in the scroll-direction determination processing that the scroll direction is in the second direction,

wherein, in the display processing, (a) the first image, (b) a first parameter indicator, (c) a second parameter indicator and (d) four guidance indicators are displayed on the display unit when only the first image is set as the target image in the first image-setting processing, the first parameter indicator indicating the value of the parameter of the first image in the first direction, the second parameter indicator indicating the value of the parameter of the first image in the second direction, the four guidance indicators respectively corresponding to a forward direction in the first direction, a reverse direction in the first direction, a forward direction in the second direction and a reverse direction in the second direction and each representing a change of the parameter of the first image,

wherein, in the display processing, (a) the second image, (b) the first parameter indicator, (c) the second parameter indicator and (d) the four guidance indicators are displayed on the display unit when only the second image is set as the target image in the second image-setting processing, the first parameter indicator indicating the value of the parameter of the second image in the first direction, the second parameter indicator indicating the value of the parameter of the second image in the second direction, the four guidance indicators respectively corresponding to the forward direction in the first direction, the reverse direction in the first direction, the forward direction in the second direction and the reverse direction in the second direction and each representing a change of the parameter of the second image.

2. The storage medium according to claim 1,

wherein the display program, when executed by the controller, further causes:

the display device to determine the scroll direction that is one of the forward direction and the reverse direction in the first direction;

the display device to determine a new parameter in the first direction based on a scrolled amount; and

the display device to determine whether there is image data specified by the new parameter in the first direction and the parameter in the second direction in the arrangement information;

wherein, when the image data specified by the new parameter in the first direction and the parameter in the second direction exists in the arrangement information, the target image is set based on the image data in the first image-setting processing;

wherein, when the image data specified by the new parameter in the first direction and the parameter in the second direction does not exist in the arrangement information, the display program, when executed by the controller, further causes the display device to determine the closest parameter to the new parameter in the scroll direction;

wherein the target image is set in the first image-setting processing based on image data in the arrangement information specified by the closest parameter in the first direction and the parameter in the second direction;

wherein the display program, when executed by the controller, further causes;

the display device to determine the scroll direction that is one of the forward direction and the reverse direction in the second direction;

the display device to determine a new parameter in the second direction based on a scrolled amount; and

the display device to determine whether there is image data specified by the new parameter in the second direction and the parameter in the first direction in the arrangement information;

wherein, when the image data specified by the new parameter in the second direction and the parameter in the first direction exists in the arrangement information, the target image is set based on the image data in the second image-setting processing;

wherein, when the image data specified by the new parameter in the second direction and the parameter in the first direction does not exist in the arrangement information, the display program, when executed by the controller, further causes the display device to determine the closest parameter to the new parameter in the scroll direction; and

wherein the target image is set in the second image-setting processing based on the image data in the arrangement information specified by the closest parameter in the second direction and the parameter in the first direction.

3. The storage medium according to claim 1,

wherein one or a plurality of sets of tag information are associated with each of the plurality of sets of image data,

wherein the display program, when executed by the controller, causes the display device to execute:

a tag acceptance processing for accepting selection of a certain number of sets of the tag information among the one or the plurality of sets of the tag information,

a narrow-down processing for narrowing down the plurality of sets of image data according to the selected certain number of sets of the tag information when the certain number of sets of the tag information are accepted in the tag acceptance processing, and

a second arrangement-information storage processing for storing, in the memory, arrangement information for arranging a plurality of sets of image data obtained after narrowing down in the narrow-down processing along the first direction according to the first condition and along the second direction according to the second condition.

4. The storage medium according to claim 3,

wherein the display program, when executed by the controller, causes the display device to execute an image-number display processing for displaying the number of sets of image data among the plurality of sets of image data that are identical in the parameter in the first direction indicating the first condition to the image data corresponding to the currently displayed image on the display unit, on the basis of the arrangement information,

wherein, when the plurality of sets of image data are narrowed down in the narrow-down processing, the display program, when executed by the controller, further causes the display device to determine whether the image data corresponding to the currently displayed image is included among the plurality of sets of image data obtained after narrowing down in the narrow-down processing;

wherein the currently displayed image continues to be displayed in the image display processing when it is determined the image data corresponding to the currently displayed image is included among the plurality of sets of image data obtained after narrowing down in the narrow-down processing;

wherein an image based on image data having the parameter in the first direction identical to that of the image data of the currently displayed image is displayed on the display unit when it is determined the image data corresponding to the currently displayed image is not included among the plurality of sets of image data obtained after narrowing down in the narrow-down processing; and

wherein, when the plurality of sets of image data are narrowed down in the narrow-down processing, the number of sets of image data, among the plurality of sets of image data obtained after narrowing down in the narrow-down processing, that are identical in the parameter in the first direction to the image data corresponding to the currently displayed image displayed on the display unit in the image display processing is displayed on the display unit.

5. The storage medium according to claim 3, wherein, in the image display processing, the image based on the image data is displayed on the display unit, together with information indicative of the tag information associated with the image data.

6. The storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the display program, when executed by the controller, causes the display device to execute a second image display processing in which an image based on second image data is displayed, the second image data being associated with the image data of the currently displayed image, when the input operation received through the operation portion is a selecting operation with respect to the currently displayed image on the display unit.

7. The storage medium according to claim 6,

wherein each of the plurality of sets of image data is image data of an image to be formed on a message side of each of a plurality of postcards, and

wherein the second image data is image data of an image to be formed on an address side of one of the plurality of postcards that has the message side on which the image based on the image data associated with the second image data is to be formed.

8. The storage medium according to claim 6,

wherein the display program, when executed by the controller, causes the display device to execute:

a third image-setting processing in which, when it is determined in the scroll-direction determination processing that the scroll direction is in the first direction in a state in which the image based on the second image data is displayed, the parameter in the first direction indicating the first condition is changed while the parameter in the second direction indicating the second condition is maintained on the basis of the arrangement information, and an image based on second image data specified by the maintained parameter in the second direction and the changed parameter in the first direction is set as the target image; and

a fourth image-setting processing in which, when it is determined in the scroll-direction determination processing that the scroll direction is in the second direction in the state in which the image based on the second image data is displayed, the parameter in the second direction is changed while the parameter in the first direction is maintained on the basis of the arrangement information, and an image based on second image data specified by the maintained parameter in the first direction and the changed parameter in the second direction is set as the target image, and

wherein, when the target image is set in the third image-setting processing or in the fourth image-setting processing, the target image is displayed on the display unit in the second image display processing.

9. The storage medium according to claim 8,

wherein the display program, when executed by the controller, further causes:

the display device to determine the scroll direction that is one of the forward direction and the reverse direction in the first direction;

the display device to determine a new parameter in the first direction based on a scroll amount; and

the display device to determine whether there is second image data specified by the new parameter in the first direction and the parameter in the second direction in the arrangement information;

wherein, when the second image data specified by the new parameter in the first direction and the parameter in the second direction exists in the arrangement information, the target image is set based on the second image data in the third image-setting processing;

wherein, when the second image data specified by the new parameter in the first direction and the parameter in the second direction does not exist in the arrangement information, a predetermined image is set as the target image in the third image-setting processing;

wherein the display program, when executed by the controller, further causes;

the display device to determine the scroll direction that is one of the forward direction and the reverse direction in the second direction;

the display device to determine a new parameter in the second direction based on a scroll amount; and

the display device to determine whether there is second image data specified by the new parameter in the second direction and the parameter in the first direction in the arrangement information;

wherein, when the second image data specified by the new parameter in the second direction and the parameter in the first direction exists in the arrangement information, the target image is set based on the second image data in the fourth image-setting processing;

wherein, when the second image data specified by the new parameter in the second direction and the parameter in the first direction does not exist in the arrangement information, a predetermined image is set as the target image in the fourth image-setting processing.

10. The storage medium according to claim 9,

wherein the predetermined image set in the third image-setting processing is an image including information that can specify the image data specified by the parameter in the second direction and the new parameter in the first direction, and

wherein the predetermined image set in the fourth image-setting processing is an image including information that can specify the image data specified by the parameter in the first axis and the new parameter in the second direction.

11. The storage medium according to claim 6,

wherein the display program, when executed by the controller, causes the display device to execute:

a third arrangement-information storage processing for storing, in the memory, arrangement information for arranging the second image data along the first direction according to the first condition and along the second direction according to the second condition where the input operation received through the operation portion is the selecting operation with respect to the currently displayed image on the display unit,

a third image-setting processing in which, when it is determined in the scroll-direction determination processing that the scroll direction is in the first direction in a state in which the image based on the second image data is displayed, the parameter in the first direction indicating the first condition is changed while the parameter in the second direction indicating the second condition is maintained on the basis of the arrangement information stored in the memory in the third arrangement-information storage processing, and an image based on second image data specified by the maintained parameter in the second direction and the changed parameter in the first direction is set as the target image; and

a fourth image-setting processing in which, when it is determined in the scroll-direction determination processing that the scroll direction is in the second direction in the state in which the image based on the second image data is displayed, the parameter in the second direction is changed while the parameter in the first direction is maintained on the basis of the arrangement information stored in the memory in the third arrangement-information storage processing, and an image based on second image data specified by the maintained parameter in the first direction and the changed parameter in the second direction is set as the target image, and

wherein the target image is set in each of the third image-setting processing and the fourth image-setting processing on the basis of the arrangement information stored in the memory in the third arrangement-information storage processing.

12. The storage medium according to claim 1,

wherein each of the plurality of sets of image data is image data of an image to be formed on a message side or an address side of each of a plurality of postcards,

wherein the first condition is a sender of each of the plurality of postcards associated with and corresponding to a corresponding one of the plurality of sets of image data, and

wherein the second condition is a sending year of each of the plurality of the postcards associated with and corresponding to a corresponding one of the plurality of sets of image data.

13. The storage medium according to claim 12, wherein the display program, when executed by the controller, causes the display device to execute a guidance display processing for displaying guidance, together with the image based on the image data, the guidance including:

indicators each of which represents the scroll direction of the scroll operation to be received through the operation portion and which represent four directions including a forward direction and a reverse direction in the first direction and a forward direction and a reverse direction in the second direction; and

indicators each of which represents a direction of change of the sender or the sending year for a corresponding one of the four directions.

14. The storage medium according to claim 1, wherein, in the display processing, an operation-receiving image is displayed on the display unit, and

wherein, in the display processing, the four guidance indicators are displayed when an input operation to the operation-receiving image is received through the operation portion.

15. The storage medium according to claim 1, wherein, in the display processing, the four guidance indicators are respectively displayed at a first side of the target image in the first direction, a second side of the target image in the first direction, a first side of the target image in the second direction and a second side of the target image in the second direction.