Display apparatus, displaying method and computer readable medium

• US 8,477,122 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2007
• Issued: 07/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Takagi, Tomohito
• Primary Examiner(s): Boddie, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): PARKER, JEFFREY ALAN
• Application Number:
  US11/944,966
• Publication Number:
  US 20080218524A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,045 Days
• Field of Search: 345/522, 345/501, 345/156, 345/157, 345/173
• US Class Current: 345/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

The display apparatus is provided with: a display that displays a raw image and an identification image by which an electronic document is identifiable within a screen including at least two areas, the raw image representing a content of the electronic document, the identification image being smaller than the raw image; a detection unit that detects a moving operation of the raw image displayed in a first area to a second area that is different from the first area; and a controller that controls the display to display the identification image in the second area in response to the detection by the detection unit.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display that displays a raw image and an identification image within a screen including at least a first area and a second area so as to allow a plurality of users to operate the raw image and the identification image from a plurality of directions, the first area being capable of displaying a plurality of the raw images respectively representing contents of a plurality of electronic documents, the second area being capable of displaying the identification image by which a corresponding one of the electronic documents is identifiable, the identification image being a thumbnail image of the corresponding one of the electronic documents, the identification image being displayed in the second area so that most of the thumbnail image is hidden behind an edge of the display and a remaining portion of the thumbnail image is displayed in the second area;

a detection unit that detects a moving operation of one of the raw images displayed in the first area to the second area; and

a controller that controls the display to display in the second area the identification image, corresponding to one of the raw images displayed in the first area, instead of the one of the raw images in response to the detection by the detection unit, wherein

the detection unit detects the moving operation when a point of the raw image is included in the second area, and the controller controls the display such that, if the moving operation is a dragging of the raw image, the raw image becomes the thumbnail image, and if the moving operation is a sliding of the raw image, the raw image does not become the thumbnail image, but instead is bounced back to the first area without being displayed in the second area.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit detects the moving operation when a specified point in the raw image is included in the second area.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit detects the moving operation when a predetermined event generates in a state where a specified point in the raw image is included in the second area.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display to partly display the identification image.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to rotate the identification image when the identification image is moved into, and displayed in, the second area such that a longitudinal axis or a latitudinal axis of the identification image is substantially perpendicular to an edge of the screen.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display to display the identification image at a position that is determined in accordance with a mode of the moving operation.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the display displays the identification image in the second area, the controller controls the display to display a second identification image in the second area, the second identification image corresponding to a second raw image displayed in the first area, and the second raw image representing a content of a second electronic document associated with the electronic document identified by the identification image.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display to display the identification image at a position that is determined in correspondence with a position of a person who performs the moving operation.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the detection unit further detects a returning operation of the identification image displayed in the second area to the first area;

and

the controller controls the display to display the raw image in the first area in response to detection of the returning operation by the detection unit.

20. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the identification image is smaller than the raw image.

21. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a size of the identification image is equalized to a fixed height or width.

22. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display such that the identification image at least partially overlaps another identification image and the identification image is integrated with the another identification image.

23. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display of the identification image such that a transparency or virtual expression of a depth of the identification image is changed based on an importance or a current need for the identification image.

10. A displaying method comprising:

displaying a raw image in a first area among at least two areas within a screen so as to allow a plurality of users to operate the raw image from a plurality of directions, the first area being capable of displaying a plurality of the raw images respectively representing contents of a plurality of electronic documents;

detecting a moving operation of one of the raw images displayed in the first area to a second area that is different from the first area;

displaying an identification image by which a corresponding one of the electronic documents is identifiable in the second area in response to the detection of the moving operation, the identification image corresponding to one of the raw images in the first area and being displayed instead of the one of the raw images, the identification image being a thumbnail image of the corresponding one of the electronic documents, the identification image being displayed in the second area so that most of the thumbnail image is hidden behind an edge of the display and a remaining portion of the thumbnail image is displayed in the second area; and

detecting the moving operation when a point of the raw image is included in the second area, and controlling the display such that, if the moving operation is a dragging of the raw image, the raw image becomes the thumbnail image, and if the moving operation is a sliding of the raw image, the raw image does not become the thumbnail image, but instead is bounced back to the first area without being displayed in the second area.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for displaying an image, the process comprising:

displaying a raw image in a first area among at least two areas within a screen so as to allow a plurality of users to operate the raw image from a plurality of directions, the first area being capable of displaying a plurality of the raw images respectively representing contents of a plurality of electronic documents;

detecting a moving operation of one of the raw images displayed in the first area to a second area that is different from the first area;

displaying an identification image by which a corresponding one of the electronic documents is identifiable in the second area in response to the detection of the moving operation, the identification image corresponding to one of the raw images in the first area and being displayed instead of the one of the raw images, the identification image being a thumbnail image of the corresponding one of the electronic documents, the identification image being displayed in the second area so that most of the thumbnail image is hidden behind an edge of the display and a remaining portion of the thumbnail image is displayed in the second area; and

detecting the moving operation when a point of the raw image is included in the second area, and controlling the display such that, if the moving operation is a dragging of the raw image, the raw image becomes the thumbnail image, and if the moving operation is a sliding of the raw image, the raw image does not become the thumbnail image, but instead is bounced back to the first area without being displayed in the second area.

12. The computer readable medium according to claim 11, wherein the process of detecting the moving operation detects the moving operation when a specified point in the raw image is included in the second area.

13. The computer readable medium according to claim 11, wherein the process of detecting the moving operation detects the moving operation when a predetermined event generates in a state where a specified point in the raw image is included in the second area.

14. The computer readable medium according to claim 11, wherein the process of displaying the identification image is to partly display the identification image.

15. The computer readable medium according to claim 11, wherein the process of displaying the identification image is to display the identification image such that the identification image is rotated when the identification image is moved into, and displayed in, the second area such that a longitudinal axis or a latitudinal axis of the identification image is substantially perpendicular to an edge of the screen.

16. The computer readable medium according to claim 11, wherein the process of displaying the identification image is to display the identification image at a position that is determined in accordance with a mode of the moving operation.

17. The computer readable medium according to claim 11, wherein, when the identification image is displayed in the second area, the process of displaying the identification image displays a second identification image in the second area, the second identification image corresponding to a second raw image displayed in the first area, and the second raw image representing a content of a second electronic document associated with the electronic document identified by the identification image.

18. The computer readable medium according to claim 11, wherein the process of displaying the identification image is to display the identification image at a position that is determined in correspondence with a position of a person who performs the moving operation.

19. The computer readable medium according to claim 11, wherein

the process of detecting the moving operation is to further detect a returning operation of the identification image displayed in the second area to the first area;

and

the process of displaying the raw image is to display the raw image in the first area in response to detection of the returning operation.

24. The computer readable medium according to claim 11, wherein the identification image is smaller than the raw image.

25. The computer readable medium according to claim 11, wherein a size of the identification image is equalized to a fixed height or width.

26. The computer readable medium according to claim 11, wherein the identification image is displayed such that the identification image at least partially overlaps another identification image and the identification image is integrated with the another identification image.

27. The computer readable medium according to claim 11, wherein the identification image is displayed such that a transparency or virtual expression of a depth of the identification image is changed based on an importance or a current need for the identification image.

28. A display apparatus comprising:

a display that includes a first display area configured to display a first image representing a content of an electronic document, and a second display area;

a detection unit that detects a moving operation of one of the first image from the first display area to the second display area, the moving operation being performed by a moving operation of the user; and

a controller that controls, upon detection of the moving operation of the first image, the first image to become a second image which is smaller than the first image and represents a thumbnail image of the electronic document, and controls the second display area to display the second image, wherein

the controller controls, if the moving operation is a dragging of the first image, the first image to become the second image, and controls, if the moving operation is a sliding of the first image, the first image to not become the second image but instead to bounce back to the first display area, without being displayed in the second display area.

29. The display apparatus according to claim 28, wherein the detection unit detects the moving operation when a point of the first image is included in the second display area.

30. The display apparatus according to claim 28, wherein the second display area displays the second image so that most of the second image is hidden behind an edge of the display and a remaining part of the second image is displayed in the second display area.