Gesture-based menu scroll operation on a display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11095783-B2
Application number	US-201314060992-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2013
Priority date	Oct 29, 2012
Publication date	Aug 17, 2021
Grant date	Aug 17, 2021

Abstract

An image forming apparatus displays part of function keys for menu items of basic functions so as to be stopped at a predetermined stop position. The image forming apparatus switches the function keys for menu items of basic functions to be displayed, by displaying another part of function keys for menu items of basic functions so as to be stopped at a predetermined stop position. When part of function keys for menu items of advanced functions are displayed so as to be arranged in a predetermined direction, the image forming apparatus accepts scroll operation and then moves the menu items of advanced functions by a distance decided based on the speed of the scroll operation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus for an image forming apparatus, the display apparatus comprising:
an operation panel that includes a display that displays information about the image forming apparatus and that accepts operations of the image forming apparatus;
an operation accepting unit for accepting a flick operation on the display; and
a hardware processor configured to control display contents displayed on the display; wherein
the hardware processor is configured to display a first display screen on the display, in which keys of a first portion of a first menu item are displayed at predetermined display positions as a first menu, the keys of the first menu item accept settings related to the image forming apparatus, and the first menu item includes more keys than can be displayed on the first display screen at one time,
when a first flick operation is accepted as a scroll operation on the first menu, the hardware processor is configured to switch the displayed keys of the first portion to a plurality of keys of a second portion of the first menu item in a stationary state at the predetermined display positions on the first display screen, irrespective of a speed of the first flick operation, wherein all of the keys of the first portion are different from the keys of the second portion of the first menu item, wherein the first flick operation is a horizontal flick operation,
the hardware processor is also configured to display a second display screen on the display when an operation is performed on the first display screen,
the second display screen is a screen on which at least some keys of a second menu item are arranged in a predetermined direction and are displayed as a second menu, the second menu item being different from the first menu item, and the second menu item is composed of a plurality of keys that accept settings related to the image forming apparatus,
when a second flick operation as a scroll operation on the second menu is accepted, the hardware processor moves and displays the keys of the second menu item based on a distance corresponding to a speed of the accepted second flick operation,
further comprising a switching button displayed on the first screen for switching between the keys of the first portion and the keys of the second portion of the first menu item, wherein the switching button is not displayed on the second screen.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor switches a form of scrolling a key in accordance with the second flick operation based on a screen on which the second flick operation is accepted between a form of scrolling in screen units and a form of scrolling based on the distance corresponding to the speed of the second flick operation accepted.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a selection unit for accepting a selection to activate which of a screen in which a key of the first menu item is displayed or a screen in which a key of the second menu item is displayed, wherein
if the selection to activate the screen in which the keys of the second menu item are displayed is accepted, the acceptance of the first flick operation on the screen in which the keys of the first menu item is displayed is stopped and the acceptance of the second flick operation on the screen in which the keys of the second menu item is displayed is started.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein if the selection to activate the screen in which the keys of the second menu item is displayed is accepted, the second display screen is popped up.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of keys of the first menu item is aligned and displayed along a predetermined direction, the hardware processor displays a displayed key by moving the displayed key along the predetermined direction when the first and second portions are displayed by switching.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second portions are displayed by switching irrespective of scrolling quantities corresponding to the first flick operation accepted by the operation accepting unit.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor accepts a selection of keys configuring at least one of the first and second menu items.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor accepts a setting of a display position about each of keys of the first menu item.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the hardware processor accepts a setting of the display position by making a predetermined display position on the display correspond to one of the first menu item, and if the predetermined display position does not correspond to any keys of the first menu item, the hardware processor does not display any keys at the predetermined display position.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the hardware processor accepts a setting as to whether to include the keys into the second menu item, and
the second display screen is displayed so that a plurality of keys which a setting to include into the second menu item is accepted are arranged at regular intervals.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein if all the keys included in the first menu item can be displayed at a time, the displayed keys are not switched, even if the first flick operation is accepted.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein if all the keys included in the second menu item can be displayed at a time, the displayed keys are not scrolled, even if the second flick operation is accepted.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein if a third flick operation on the second portion in an opposite direction to the first flick operation is accepted, after displaying the second portion as a result of acceptance of the first flick operation on the first portion, the hardware processor displays the first portion.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display apparatus is an image forming apparatus comprising an outputting unit for forming an image on a sheet.

15. The display apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the keys included in the first and second menu items are for setting an image forming condition for forming an image on the sheet by the outputting unit.

16. The display apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the display is provided at an operation panel of the image forming apparatus, the operation panel including a key for an execution instruction of a job of forming an image on the sheet.

17. The display apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the image forming apparatus further comprises an image scanner for scanning a document image.

18. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second menu item is not displayed until a user performs a touch operation on a press screen key to display the second display screen.

19. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a transition from the first portion of the first menu item to the second portion of the menu item is illustrated by a display that shows a mixture of some keys in the first portion and some keys in the second portion.

20. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first menu item includes a setting key for finishing and a setting key for page aggregation.

21. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein included in the keys that accept settings is a key for accepti

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Inc

Inventors

• Tamai Yoshiyuki
• Kurumasa Yoichi
• Morita Mitsutaka
• Nishimura Ryosuke
• Kawabata Mie

Classifications

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• H04N1/00482

  outputting a plurality of job set-up options, e.g. number of copies, paper size or resolution · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title

• H04N1/00424 Primary

  using a list of graphical elements, e.g. icons or icon bar · CPC title