DISPLAY PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROCESSING PROGRAM

• US 20080215978A1
• Filed: 02/13/2008
• Published: 09/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Bamba, Akiko
• Application Number:
  US12/030,471
• Publication Number:
  US 20080215978A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/713
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00416 Multi-level menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00424 using a list of graphical elements, e.g. icons or icon bar
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00437 Intelligent menus, e.g. anticipating user selections
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

A selection screen is displayed on an operation panel. The selection screen contains a plurality of menu icons each corresponding to an instruction arranged in an arch shape. When a user selects one menu icon at the selection screen, a selection screen after change is displayed. In the selection screen after change, the selected menu icon is displayed on a certain position and non-selected menu icons are displayed while maintaining their positional relation with the selected menu icons.

Claims

1. A display processing device comprising:

a display processing unit that displays on a displaying unit a selection screen having disposed thereon in an arc shape a plurality of upper-level-item symbols that correspond to a plurality of upper-level setting items for instruction of selection of the upper-level setting items; and

a selection accepting unit that accepts a selection of an upper-level-item symbol from among the upper-level-item symbols by a user, wherein

the display processing unit displays on the displaying unit a selection screen after change in which the selected upper-level-item symbol is arranged at a predetermined position indicative of being selected and in which non-selected upper-level-item symbol are arranged so as to maintain a positional relation with the selected upper-level-item symbol.

2. The display processing device according to claim 1, wherein, on the selection screen after change, the selected upper-level-item symbol is displayed in a bigger size than the non-selected upper-level-item symbols.

3. The display processing device according to claim 1, wherein a lower-level-item symbol that corresponds to a lower-level setting item of the upper-level setting item is displayed on the selection screen after change.

4. The display processing device according to claim 3, wherein a plurality of the lower-level-item symbols is displayed in a lattice shape on the selection screen after change.

5. The display processing device according to claim 4, wherein the lower-level-item symbols are displayed below the upper-level-item symbols.

6. The display processing device according to claim 1, wherein the display processing unit causes the selection screen after change to be displayed on the displaying unit, the selection screen after change being obtained by displaying a switching screen indicative of a state where the upper-level-item symbols are virtually rotated, and then changing the selected upper-level-item symbol to the defined position and changing the other displayed upper-level-item symbols while keeping the positional relation with the selected upper-level-item symbol.

7. The display processing device according to claim 1, wherein the non-selected upper-level-item symbols are not displayed and new upper-level-item symbols are displayed on the selection screen.

8. The display processing device according to claim 1, wherein a linear image representing the arc shape indicating positions of disposing the upper-level-item symbols, and the upper-level-item symbols on or near the linear image are displayed on the selection screen after change.

9. The display processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the selection accepting unit accepts successive instruction operations on or near the upper-level-item symbols by the user, and

when the successive instruction operations are accepted by the selection accepting unit, the display processing unit causes the selection screen after change to be successively switched and displayed on the displaying unit.

10. The display processing device according to claim 3, wherein a lower-level-item symbol corresponding to the non-selected upper-level-item symbol is displayed in a smaller size on the selection screen after change.

11. The display processing device according to claim 10, further comprising a storage unit that stores therein the upper-level-item symbols and a background screen having an area where the upper-level-item symbols can be disposed, wherein

the display processing unit reads the upper-level-item symbols and the background screen from the storage unit, generates a selection screen having the upper-level-item symbols disposed in an arc shape on the background screen, and displays generated selection screen on the displaying unit.

12. The display processing device according to claim 11, wherein the display processing unit enlarges the selected upper-level-item symbol when generating the selection screen after change.

13. The display processing device according to claim 11, wherein

the storage unit stores therein a lower-level-item symbol in association with at least one of the upper-level-item symbols, and

the display processing unit reads a lower-level-item symbol corresponding to the selected upper-level-item symbol from the storage unit, generates the selection screen after change having the read lower-level-item symbol disposed on the background screen, and displays generated selection screen after change on the displaying unit.

14. The display processing device according to claim 13, wherein the display processing unit generates the selection screen after change having a plurality of the lower-level-item symbols disposed in a lattice shape on the background screen, and displays generated selection screen after change on the displaying unit.

15. The display processing device according to claim 13, wherein the display processing unit generates the selection screen after change having the upper-level-item symbols disposed on an upper portion of the background screen and having the lower-level-item symbols disposed below the upper-level-item symbols, and displays generated selection screen after change on the displaying unit.

16. The display processing device according to claim 11, wherein

the storage unit stores therein the switching screen,

upon acceptance of the selection of the upper-level-item symbol, the display processing unit reads the switching screen from the storage unit for display, then reads the upper-level-item symbols and the background screen from the storage unit, generates a selection screen having the read upper-level-item symbols disposed in an arc shape on the background screen, and displays generated selection screen on the displaying unit.

17. The display processing device according to claim 11, wherein the display processing unit generates the selection screen after change having disposed on the background screen a linear image representing a curve image in an arc shape indicating positions of disposing the upper-level-item symbols and having disposed the upper-level-item symbols on or near the linear image, and displays generated selection screen after change on the displaying unit.

18. The display processing device according to claim 11, wherein upon acceptance of the selection of the upper-level-item symbol, the display processing unit reads the background screen from the storage unit, generates the selection screen after change by newly disposing on the background screen any of the upper-level-item symbols that are not displayed on the displaying unit and deleing any of the upper-level-item symbols that have been displayed on the displaying unit, and displays generated selection screen after change on the displaying unit.

19. A display method comprising:

first displaying including displaying on a displaying unit a selection screen having disposed thereon in an arc shape a plurality of upper-level-item symbols that correspond to a plurality of upper-level setting items for instruction of selection of the upper-level setting items;

accepting a selection of an upper-level-item symbol from among the upper-level-item symbols by a user; and

second displaying including displaying on the displaying unit a selection screen after change in which the selected upper-level-item symbol is arranged at a predetermined position indicative of being selected and in which non-selected upper-level-item symbol are arranged so as to maintain a positional relation with the selected upper-level-item symbol.

20. A computer program product containing a computer program that causes a computer to implement a displaying method, the computer program causing the computer to execute:

first displaying including displaying on a displaying unit a selection screen having disposed thereon in an arc shape a plurality of upper-level-item symbols that correspond to a plurality of upper-level setting items for instruction of selection of the upper-level setting items;

accepting a selection of an upper-level-item symbol from among the upper-level-item symbols by a user; and

second displaying including displaying on the displaying unit a selection screen after change in which the selected upper-level-item symbol is arranged at a predetermined position indicative of being selected and in which non-selected upper-level-item symbol are arranged so as to maintain a positional relation with the selected upper-level-item symbol.