Display device and display control method

• US 8,797,364 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2010
• Issued: 08/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Original Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Inventors: Matsuki, Yoshitaka
• Primary Examiner(s): Sajous, Wesner
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shin, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US12/908,996
• Publication Number:
  US 20110096097A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,384 Days
• Field of Search: 345/581, 345/619, 345660-688, 345467-472, 345/472.2, 345173-178, 715/764, 715/765, 715/781, 715/784, 715/788, 715/800, 715/801, 715/803, 715/810, 715/815, 715821-823, 715828-831, 715/835, 715/864, 382/276, 382/282, 382/291, 382/293, 382/295, 382/298, 382/305
• US Class Current: 345/671
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/5016 User-machine interface; Display panels; Control console
• 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 1/00469 with enlargement of a selected area of the displayed information
• 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 1/00506 Customising to the data to be displayed

Abstract

When a display position for any of a plurality of images is designated using a touch panel, an instruction accepting section enlarges, for a predetermined period of time, an area for accepting the input of an instruction associated with any of the image of the plurality of images that is displayed in the designated display position, in accordance with speed of change that is detected by a speed detector at the time of the designation.

Claims

1. A display device, comprising:

a display section that displays images;

an image storage section that stores a plurality of instruction acceptance images that are displayed on the display section to accept an instruction from an operator;

a display controller that displays, on the display section, each of the instruction acceptance images stored in the image storage section;

a coordinate position designating section that accepts, from the operator, designation of a coordinate position within a display area of the display section;

an instruction accepting section that accepts input of an instruction associated with any of the instruction acceptance images that is displayed in the coordinate position designated by the coordinate position designating section; and

a speed detector that detects a speed of change at which the coordinate position designated by the coordinate position designating section changes,

wherein, when a display position for a first instruction acceptance images is designated by designation of the coordinate position accepted by the coordinate position designating section while the first instruction acceptance image and a second instruction acceptance image are displayed adjacent to one another on the display section as the instruction acceptance images, an instruction accepting area enlarges for a predetermined period of time, so that the instruction accepting area for accepting the input of an instruction associated with the first instruction acceptance image larger in a direction of change of the coordinate position that is detected by the speed detector in accordance with the speed of change that is detected by the speed detector at the time of the designation, and the instruction accepting section does not accept, for the predetermined period of time, the input of an instruction associated with the second instruction acceptance image displayed in the enlarged area.

2. A display control method for displaying, on a display section of an electronic device, a plurality of instruction acceptance images for accepting an instruction from an operator, and accepting, from the operator, input of an instruction associated with any of the instruction acceptance images,

the display control method comprising:

an instruction acceptance image display step of displaying each of the instruction acceptance images on the display section;

a position designation accepting step of accepting, from the operator, designation of a coordinate position within a display area of the display section;

an instruction accepting step of accepting the input of an instruction associated with the instruction acceptance image that is displayed in the coordinate position accepted in the position designation accepting step;

a speed of change detection step of detecting a speed of change at which the coordinate position accepted in the position designation accepting step changes; and

an area enlargement step carried out so that, when a display position for a first instruction acceptance images is designated in the position designation accepting step while the first instruction acceptance image and a second instruction acceptance image are displayed adjacent to one another as the instruction acceptance images, the instruction acceptance area for accepting the input of an instruction that is associated with the first instruction acceptance image is enlarged, for a predetermined period of time, in a direction of change of the coordinate position that is detected in the speed of change detection step, in accordance with the speed of change that is detected in the speed of change detection step at the time of the designation, and the instruction acceptance step does not accept the input of an instruction associated with the second instruction acceptance image displayed in the enlarged area for the predetermined period of time.

3. A display device comprising:

a display section that displays images;

an image storage section that stores a plurality of instruction acceptance images that are displayed on the display section to accept an instruction from an operator;

a coordinate position designating section that accepts, from the operator, designation of a coordinate position within a display area of the display section;

an instruction accepting section that accepts input of an instruction associated with any of the instruction acceptance images that is displayed in the coordinate position designated by the coordinate position designating section;

a speed detector that detects a direction of change and speed of change in which the coordinate position designated by the coordinate position designating section changes; and

a display controller that scroll-displays, on the display section, each of the instruction acceptance images stored in the image storage section toward the direction of change detected by the speed detector, and differentiates a display pattern of at least one of the instruction acceptance images scroll-displayed on the display section, from those of the rest of the instruction acceptance images, in accordance with the speed of change detected by the speed detector,

wherein the display controller scroll-displays the plurality of instruction acceptance images displayed in arrangement, with characters therein being increased in size toward the center in a direction of the arrangement of the instruction acceptance images, while keeping the size of each instruction acceptance image constant, and enlarges the characters in at least the largest instruction acceptance image in the center in accordance with the speed of change detected by the speed detector.

4. The display device according to claim 3, wherein, when enlarging the characters in the instruction acceptance image in accordance with the speed of change detected by the speed detector, the display controller downsizes the enlarged characters in the instruction acceptance image in abbreviation form.

5. A display control method for displaying, on a display section of an electronic device, a plurality of instruction acceptance images for accepting an instruction from an operator, and accepting, from the operator, input of an instruction associated with any of the instruction acceptance images,

the display control method comprising:

a coordinate position designation step of accepting, from the operator, designation of a coordinate position within a display area of the display section;

an instruction accepting step of accepting the input of an instruction associated with the instruction acceptance image that is displayed in the coordinate position designated in the coordinate position designation step;

a speed of change detection step of detecting a speed of change at which the coordinate position designated in the coordinate position designation step changes; and

a display control step of scroll-displaying each of the instruction acceptance images on the display section in a direction of change detected in the speed of change detection step, and displaying an enlargement of at least one of the instruction acceptance images scroll-displayed on the display section, in accordance with the speed of change detected in the speed of change detection step,

wherein the display control step scroll-displays the plurality of instruction acceptance images displayed in arrangement, with characters therein being enlarged toward the center in a direction of the arrangement of the instruction acceptance images, while keeping the size of each instruction acceptance image constant, and enlarges the characters in at least the largest instruction acceptance image in the center in accordance with the speed of change detected in the speed of change detection step.

6. The display control method according to claim 5, wherein, when enlarging the characters in the instruction acceptance image in accordance with the speed of change detected in the speed of change detection step, the display control step downsizes the enlarged characters in the instruction acceptance image in abbreviation form.