Image processing apparatus, method for displaying image, and non-transitory recording medium storing computer readable program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10719227-B2
Application number	US-201816022545-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2018
Priority date	Jul 13, 2017
Publication date	Jul 21, 2020
Grant date	Jul 21, 2020

Abstract

An image processing apparatus for enlarging or reducing an image in accordance with operation on a touch-sensitive panel display to display the image in the touch-sensitive panel display is provided. When an N-th gesture is pinch-out, the image processing apparatus enlarges the image enlarged in response to an (N-1)-th gesture at a magnification higher than a magnification for the (N-1)-th gesture to display a resulting image in the touch-sensitive panel display, provided that the (N-1)-th gesture is pinch-out and that the two gestures are common in finger movement. When the N-th gesture is pinch-in, the image processing apparatus reduces the image reduced in response to the (N-1)-th gesture at a magnification lower than a magnification for the (N-1)-th gesture to display a resulting image in the touch-sensitive panel display, provided that the (N-1)-th gestures are common in finger movement.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image processing apparatus which enlarges or reduces an image in accordance with an operation on a touch-sensitive panel display to display the image on the touch-sensitive panel display, the image processing apparatus comprising:
a memory; and
a hardware processor configured to:
when an N-th gesture (N≥2) is a pinch-out gesture, enlarge the image, which has been enlarged in response to an (N-1)-th gesture, at a magnification higher than a magnification used for the (N-1)-th gesture to display a resulting image on the touch-sensitive panel display, provided that the (N-1)-th gesture is also the pinch-out gesture and that the two pinch-out gestures use a same number of touch points on the touch-sensitive panel display, and
when the N-th gesture is a pinch-in gesture, reduce the image, which has been reduced in response to the (N-1)-th gesture, at a magnification lower than a magnification used for the (N-1)-th gesture to display a resulting image on the touch-sensitive panel display, provided that the (N-1)-th gesture is also the pinch-in gesture and that the two pinch-in gestures use a same number of touch points on the touch sensitive panel display.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the hardware processor is further configured to set a unit change ratio that is a ratio specifying a percentage by which the image is to be enlarged or reduced per predetermined distance of a finger movement on the touch-sensitive panel display,
the hardware processor sets a first unit change ratio as the unit change ratio for the (N-1)-th gesture, and the hardware processor sets a second unit change ratio as the unit change ratio for the N-th gesture,
when the N-th gesture is the pinch-out gesture, the hardware processor enlarges the image, which has been enlarged or reduced in response to the (N-1)-th gesture, by an amount corresponding to a change ratio that is determined based on the second unit change ratio and a distance of a finger movement for the N-th gesture on the touch-sensitive panel display, and displays a resulting image on the touch-sensitive panel display,
when the N-th gesture is the pinch-in gesture, the hardware processor reduces the image, which has been enlarged or reduced in response to the (N-1)-th gesture, by an amount corresponding to the change ratio that is determined based on the second unit change ratio and the distance of the finger movement for the N-th gesture on the touch-sensitive panel display, and displays a resulting image on the touch-sensitive panel display, and
when each of the (N-1)-th gesture and the N-th gesture is the pinch-out gesture or the pinch-in gesture, the hardware processor sets a ratio greater than the first unit change ratio as the second unit change ratio.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the hardware processor sets, as the second unit change ratio, a sum of the first unit change ratio and a predetermined value.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein:
the hardware processor sets, as the second unit change ratio, a sum of the first unit change ratio and a first predetermined value when a speed of a movement of a finger for the N-th gesture is higher than a predetermined speed, and
the hardware processor sets, as the second unit change ratio, a sum of the first unit change ratio and a second predetermined value smaller than the first predetermined value when the speed of the movement of the finger for the N-th gesture is lower than the predetermined speed.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein:
in a first-time gesture, the hardware processor sets a predetermined ratio as an initial unit change ratio that is the unit change ratio for the first-time gesture,
when the first-time gesture is the pinch-out gesture, the hardware processor enlarges the image by an amount corresponding to a change ratio that is determined based on the initial unit change ratio and a distance of a finger movement for the first-time gesture on the touch-sensitive panel display, and displays a resulting image on the touch-sensitive panel display, and
when the first-time gesture is the pinch-in gesture, the hardware processor reduces the image by an amount corresponding to the change ratio that is determined based on the initial unit change ratio and the distance of the finger movement for the first-time gesture on the touch-sensitive panel display, and displays a resulting image on the touch-sensitive panel display.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein:
the hardware processor sets, as the initial unit change ratio, a first ratio when a resolution level of the image is higher than a predetermined level of resolution, and
the hardware processor sets, as the initial unit change ratio, a second ratio lower than the first ratio when the resolution level of the image is lower than the predetermined level of resolution.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the hardware processor sets, as the second unit change ratio, a sum of the first unit change ratio and the initial unit change ratio.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the hardware processor sets, as the second unit change ratio, a ratio smaller than the first unit change ratio when any one of the (N-1)-th gesture and the N-th gesture is the pinch-out gesture and the other is the pinch-in gesture.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the hardware processor sets, as the second unit change ratio, a ratio that is smaller than the first unit change ratio and is equal to or greater than the initial unit change ratio when any one of the (N-1)-th gesture and the N-th gesture is the pinch-out gesture and the other is the pinch-in gesture.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the hardware processor sets, as the second unit change ratio, the initial unit change ratio when any one of the (N-1)-th gesture and the N-th gesture is the pinch-out gesture and the other is the pinch-in gesture.

11. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to display, together with the image, an icon that represents enlargement or reduction in the image in a form according to a level of the second unit change ratio.

12. The image processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein:
the hardware processor displays the icon at a first size when the second unit change ratio is equal to or greater than a third ratio, and
the hardware processor displays the icon at a second size smaller than the first size when the second unit change ratio is smaller than the third ratio.

13. The image processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein:
the hardware processor displays the icon with the icon changing at a first speed when the second unit change ratio is equal to or greater than a third ratio, and
the hardware processor displays the icon with the icon changing at a second speed lower than the first speed when the second unit change ratio is smaller than the third ratio.

14. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a scanner unit, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to display, as the image, an image captured by the scanner unit on the touch-sensitive panel display.

15. An image displaying method which enlarges or reduces an image in accordance with an operation on a touch-sensitive panel display to display the image on the touch-sensitive panel display, the method comprising:
when an N-th gestu

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Inc

Inventors

• Sakiyama Daisuke

Classifications

• H04N1/00395

  Arrangements for reducing operator input (input arrangements for job or mode instructions or parameters H04N1/00962; intelligent menu interfaces H04N1/00437) · CPC title

• H04N1/00392

  Other manual input means, e.g. digitisers or writing tablets · CPC title

• H04N1/00381

  Input by recognition or interpretation of visible user gestures (manual input means, e.g. digitisers, writing tablets H04N1/00392; gesture input to computers G06F3/017; recognition algorithms G06V40/20) · CPC title

• H04N1/00411 Primary

  the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen · CPC title

• G06F2203/04806

  Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation · CPC title