COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR THE SAME

• US 20130021277A1
• Filed: 07/12/2012
• Published: 01/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: KASAMATSU, Daisuke
• Granted Patent: US 9,237,247 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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 communication device which is communicatable 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 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.

2. The communication device 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 communication device 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 wire communication is used instead of the wireless communication.

4. The communication device 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.

5. The communication device according to claim 3,

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.

6. The communication device according to claim 4,

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 smaller than the threshold;

and further that the radio-field strength of the specific wireless base station is larger than the threshold.

7. The communication device according to claim 5, 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 smaller than the threshold;

and further that the radio-field strength of the specific wireless base station is larger than the threshold.

8. The communication device 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 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 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 communication device 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.

10. The communication device 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.

11. The communication device according to claim 8, wherein the third object is an image indicating an error occurred in the communication device.

12. The communication device 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. A method for controlling a communication device,

the communication device including a touch screen display configured to detect an indicated position on the touch screen display and to display a plurality of kinds of object;

and a controller configured to perform a setting process of communication based on the indicated position detected by the touch screen display,

the method comprising;

defining at least one first area in the touch screen display and displaying a first object in the first area;

executing a process in a case that the indicated position detected by the touch screen display is located in the first area;

displaying 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.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for a communication device,

the communication device including a touch screen display configured to detect an indicated position and to display a plurality of kinds of object, and a controller configured to perform a setting process of communication based on the indicated position 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 at least one first area in the touch screen display and to control the touch screen display to display a first object in the first area;

a process executing mechanism configured to execute a setting process of communication in a case that the indicated position detected by the touch screen display is located in the first area; and

a second display control mechanism configured to 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.