Information device and computer-readable storage medium for computer program

• US 10,579,246 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Issued: 03/03/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Tomiyasu, Kazuhiro, Kurumasa, Yoichi, Komaba, Kenichi, Hosono, Masao, Okada, Takuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Augustine, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US13/837,924
• Publication Number:
  US 20130246973A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,545 Days
• Field of Search: 715757, 715830
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00413 using menus, i.e. presenting the user with a plurality of selectable options H04N1/00464 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00472 using a pop-up window
• 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 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

An information device having a touch-sensitive panel for displaying an operating screen having a scrolled display region is provided. The information device includes sets of data classified into at least three groups arranged in accordance with a predetermined order; a list display control portion for displaying, in the scrolled display region, a data list in which the sets of data classified into any one of the groups are listed; a scroll control portion for, when the data list is displayed, scrolling through the data list in accordance with touch operation of touching a position in the scrolled display region; and a support display control portion for displaying, in accordance with the touch operation, as pop-up, icons in a manner to appear in the predetermined order on the operating screen along one direction. The icons function as indicators corresponding to groups that are a part of the three groups.

Claims

1. An information device provided with a touch-sensitive panel, the information device comprising:

a touch-sensitive panel configured to display an operating screen;

a data storage configured to store therein a plurality of data, each of the data being classified into a plurality of groups arranged in accordance with a predetermined order; and

a hardware processor configured to;

display a part of a data list in which the plurality of data classified into any one of the plurality of groups are listed on the operating screen;

scroll the data list in accordance with a touch operation of a user on the operating screen, the touch operation being to touch a position on the operating screen and to move the touched position in an arrangement direction of an arrangement of the plurality of data; and

display simultaneously, in response to the scrolling of the data list, as a pop-up, a plurality of icons functioning as indicators, each of the plurality of icons corresponding to a respective group, among the plurality of groups, and one of the displayed icons corresponds to the group being displayed as the part of the data list on the operating screen, the plurality of icons being displayed in a manner to appear in the predetermined order of the arrangement direction and more than one of the plurality of icons being changed simultaneously by changing of the group of the part of the data list displayed on the operating screen in response to the touch operation for the scrolling.

3. The information device according to claim 1, wherein

the plurality of data stored in the data storage portion are data classified into at least three groups,

the processor displays, as the data list, at least a part of a list in which the plurality of data are listed on a group-by-group basis, and

the touch operation for causing the processor to scroll through the data list displayed is an operation to move the position touched in a direction along which the plurality of data are listed.

4. The information device according to claim 3, wherein said one icon has a design different from designs of the remaining icons.

5. The information device according to claim 3, wherein the icons displayed as a pop up in the manner include an icon that corresponds to a top group of the plurality of groups and an icon that corresponds to a bottom group of the plurality of groups, the top group being arranged at a top of the data list, and the bottom group being arranged at a bottom of the data list.

6. The information device according to claim 3, wherein the processor sets the plurality of groups in accordance with a control table, the control table defining which group of icons to be displayed as a pop-up for a case where each of the plurality of groups corresponds to the currently-displayed group.

7. The information device according to claim 5, wherein the processor sets, as the plurality of groups, the top group, a group arranged between the top group and the currently-displayed group in arrangement order in the data list, the currently-displayed group, a group arranged between the currently-displayed group and the bottom group in the arrangement order in the data list, and the bottom group.

8. The information device according to claim 3, wherein the processor sets, as the plurality of groups, the currently-displayed group, and one or more groups whose arrangement orders in the data list are continuous with an order of the currently-displayed group.

9. The information device according to claim 8, wherein the processor sets, as the plurality of groups, the currently-displayed group, a group whose arrangement order in the data list is higher than that of the currently-displayed group, and a group whose arrangement order in the data list is lower than that of the currently-displayed group.

10. The information device according to claim 3, wherein the groups displayed as a pop-up are a part of the plurality of groups;

and the processor is further configured to determine whether the touch operation corresponds to high-speed operation in which a rate of change at the position touched is greater than a threshold or corresponds to low-speed operation in which the rate of change is smaller than the threshold;

wherein

if the touch operation is determined to correspond to the low-speed operation, then the processor sets, as the part of the plurality of groups, a top group having a top ordinal rank in the data list, a bottom group having a bottom ordinal rank in the data list, and a group having an ordinal rank between the top ordinal rank and the bottom ordinal rank, and

if the touch operation is determined to correspond to the high-speed operation, then the processor sets, as the part of the plurality of groups, at least the currently-displayed group, and at least one group having an ordinal rank consecutive from the ordinal rank of the currently-displayed group.

11. The information device according to claim 3, wherein

the plurality of data classified into the plurality of groups are also classified into “

M”

sets (M≥

3), the “

M”

sets being different from the plurality of groups, and

the processor displays, in accordance with a second-direction touch operation, as a pop-up, second icons on the operating screen, the second icons corresponding to sets that are a part of the “

M”

sets and include a set corresponding to a part displayed in the data list, the second-direction touch operation being to touch a position in the scrolled display region in the touch input screen and to move the position touched in a second direction orthogonal to the direction along which the plurality of data are listed.

12. The information device according to claim 1, wherein every time one of the groups changes in response to the data list scrolled on the operating screen, the plurality of icons are switched and displayed as a pop-up.

13. The information device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of data are classified into at least three groups, and

wherein the part of the data list is displayed on a predetermined display region of the operating screen, and in response to the touch operation on the predetermined display region, the plurality of icons are displayed on the operation screen as pop-up.

14. The information device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of data is classified into at least five groups.

15. The information device according to claim 1, wherein a type of the index in the pop-up is switched in accordance to a speed of the scroll between a first type that the icons for the plurality of group are arranged in a consecutive form in the pop-up and a second type that the icons for the plurality of group are arranged in a post-thinning form in the pop-up.

16. The information device according to claim 1, wherein every time one of the groups changes in response to the data list scrolled on the operating screen, the plurality of icons are switched and displayed as a pop-up.

31. The information device according to claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is configured not to display, in response to a tap operation of touching a position on the operating screen and releasing while the data list is static on the operating screen, as the pop-up, the plurality of icons, and to select an icon corresponding to the touched position en the operating screen.

32. The information device according to claim 1, wherein at least three of the plurality of icons are changed by changing of the group of the part of the data list displayed on the operating screen in response to the touch operation for the scrolling.

33. The information device according to claim 1, wherein the more than one of the plurality of icons comprises:

(i) a first icon of the group being displayed as the part of the data list on the operating screen, and (ii) one or more second icons other than the first icon.

2. A nontransitory computer readable medium encoded with a program for an information device comprising a touch-sensitive panel configured to display an operating screen, and a data storage configured to store therein a plurality of data, each of the data being classified into a plurality of groups arranged in accordance with a predetermined order;

the program comprising;

displaying a part, of a data list in which the plurality of data classified into any one of the plurality of groups are listed on the operating screen;

scrolling the data list in accordance with a touch operation of a user on the operating screen, the touch operation being to touch a position on the operating screen and to move the touched position in an arrangement direction of an arrangement of the plurality of data; and

displaying simultaneously, in response to the scrolling of the data list, as a pop-up, a plurality of icons functioning as indicators, each of the plurality of icons corresponding to a respective group, among the plurality of groups, and one of the displayed icons corresponds to the group being displayed as the part of the data list on the operating screen, the plurality of icons being displayed in a manner to appear in the predetermined order of the arrangement direction and more than one of the plurality of icons being changed simultaneously by changing of the group of the part of the data list displayed on the operating screen in response to the touch operation for the scrolling.

17. The nontransitory computer readable medium according to claim 2, wherein

the plurality of data stored in the data storage portion are data classified into at least three groups,

the program comprises displaying, as the data list, at least a part of a list in which the plurality of data are listed on a group-by-group basis, and

the touch operation for causing the program to scroll through the data list displayed is an operation to move the position touched in a direction along which the plurality of data are listed.

18. The nontransitory computer readable medium according to claim 17, wherein said one icon has a design different from designs of the remaining icons.

19. The nontransitory computer readable medium according to claim 17, wherein the icons displayed as a pop up in the manner include an icon that corresponds to a top group of the plurality of groups and an icon that corresponds to a bottom group of the plurality of groups, the top group being arranged at a top of the data list, and the bottom group being arranged at a bottom of the data list.

20. The nontransitory computer readable medium according to claim 17, wherein the program includes setting the plurality of groups in accordance with a control table, the control table defining which group of icons to be displayed as a pop-up for a case where each of the plurality of groups corresponds to the currently-displayed group.

21. The nontransitory computer readable medium according to claim 19, wherein the program includes setting, as the plurality of groups, the top group, a group arranged between the top group and the currently-displayed group in arrangement order in the data list, the currently-displayed group, a group arranged between the currently-displayed group and the bottom group in the arrangement order in the data list, and the bottom group.

22. The nontransitory computer readable medium according to claim 17, wherein the program includes setting, as the plurality of groups, the currently-displayed group, and one or more groups whose arrangement orders in the data list are continuous with an order of the currently-displayed group.

23. The nontransitory computer readable medium according to claim 22, wherein the program includes setting, as the plurality of groups, the currently-displayed group, a group whose arrangement order in the data list is higher than that of the currently-displayed group, and a group whose arrangement order in the data list is lower than that of the currently-displayed group.

24. The nontransitory computer readable medium according to claim 17, wherein the groups displayed as a pop-up are a part of the plurality of groups;

and the program further includes determining whether the touch operation corresponds to high-speed operation in which a rate of change at the position touched is greater than a threshold or corresponds to low-speed operation in which the rate of change is smaller than the threshold;

wherein

if the touch operation is determined to correspond to the low-speed operation, then the program sets, as the part of the plurality of groups, a top group having a top ordinal rank in the data list, a bottom group having a bottom ordinal rank in the data list, and a group having an ordinal rank between the top ordinal rank and the bottom ordinal rank, and

if the touch operation is determined to correspond to the high-speed operation, then the program sets, as the part of the plurality of groups, at least the currently-displayed group, and at least one group having an ordinal rank consecutive from the ordinal rank of the currently-displayed group.

25. The nontransitory computer readable medium according to claim 17, wherein

the plurality of data classified into the plurality of groups are also classified into “

M”

sets (M≥

3), the “

M”

sets being different from the plurality of groups, and

the program includes displaying, in accordance with a second-direction touch operation, as a pop-up, second icons on the operating screen, the second icons corresponding to sets that are a part of the “

M”

sets and include a set corresponding to a part displayed in the data list, the second-direction touch operation being to touch a position in the scrolled display region in the touch input screen and to move the position touched in a second direction orthogonal to the direction along which the plurality of data are listed.

26. The nontransitory computer readable medium according to claim 2, wherein every time one of the groups changes in response to the data list scrolled on the operating screen, the plurality of icons are switched and displayed as a pop-up.

27. The nontransitory computer readable medium according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of data are classified into at least three groups, and

wherein the part of the data list is displayed on a predetermined display region of the operating screen, and in response to the touch operation on the predetermined display region, the plurality of icons are displayed on the operation screen as pop-up.

28. The nontransitory computer readable medium, according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of data is classified into at least five groups.

29. The nontransitory computer readable medium according to claim 2, wherein a type of the index in the pop-up is switched in accordance to a speed of the scroll between a first type that the icons for the plurality of group are arranged in a consecutive form in the pop-up and a second type that the icons for the plurality of group are arranged in a post-thinning form in the pop-up.

30. The nontransitory computer readable medium according to claim 2, wherein every time one of the groups changes in response to the data list scrolled on the operating screen, the plurality of icons are switched and displayed as a pop-up.

34. The nontransitory computer readable medium according to claim 2, wherein the more than one of the plurality of icons comprises:

(i) a first icon of the group being displayed as the part of the data list on the operating screen, and (ii) one or more second icons other than the first icon.