Multifunction device, display control method of multifunction device, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing display control program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11722612-B2
Application number	US-202217664437-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2022
Priority date	May 24, 2021
Publication date	Aug 8, 2023
Grant date	Aug 8, 2023

Abstract

A plurality of icons include a first icon set to a first setting by a hide instruction and a second icon set to a second setting by a hide instruction, and when an edit screen is displayed on an operation panel, the plurality of icons have different display modes between the first icon displayed on the edit screen and the second icon displayed on the edit screen.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A multifunction device comprising:
a reading unit that reads a document;
a printing unit that performs printing on a medium;
an operation panel that accepts instructions including an execution instruction and an edit instruction from a user and displays an operation screen including a plurality of icons and an edit screen including the plurality of icons; and
a display control section that switches display of the operation panel to the operation screen or the edit screen, wherein
the execution instruction to execute a function using the reading unit or the printing unit is accepted by using the icon in the operation screen,
the edit instruction including a hide instruction to hide the icon desired by the user is accepted by using the icon in the edit screen,
the plurality of icons include a first icon and a second icon whose display modes displayed on the edit screen are different from each other,
the first icon and the second icon have different behaviors in response to the hide instruction,
the first icon is hidden in response to the hide instruction, and
the second icon asks the user whether to hide the second icon in response to the hide instruction.

2. The multifunction device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first icon and the second icon differ in at least one of a background color and a frame color of the icon displayed on the edit screen.

3. The multifunction device according to claim 2 , wherein
a color of the first icon and a color of the second icon displayed on the operation screen are the same as the background color and the frame color of the first icon displayed on the edit screen.

4. The multifunction device according to claim 1 , wherein
the hide instruction is an operation in which the user drags an icon and drops the icon in a hidden area.

5. A multifunction device comprising:
a reading unit that reads a document
a printing unit that performs printing on a medium;
an operation panel that accepts instructions including an execution instruction and an edit instruction from a user and displays an operation screen including a plurality of icons and an edit screen including the plurality of icons; and
a display control section that switches display of the operation panel to the operation screen or the edit screen, wherein
the execution instruction to execute a function using the reading unit or the printing unit is accepted by using the icon in the operation screen,
the edit instruction including a hide instruction to hide the icon desired by the user is accepted by using the icon in the edit screen,
the plurality of icons include a first icon and a second icon whose display modes displayed on the edit screen are different from each other,
the first icon and the second icon have different behaviors in response to the hide instruction,
the hide instruction is an operation in which the user drags an icon and drops the icon in a hidden area, and
the user is able to drag the first icon to the hidden area and drop the first icon in the hidden area, and the second icon is configured not to enter the hidden area even when the user drags the second icon.

6. The multifunction device according to claim 5 , wherein
the first icon is hidden in response to the hide instruction, and
the second icon maintains display even when the hide instruction is accepted.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a display control program that displays a plurality of icons to each of which functions are assigned, the display control program comprising:
displaying an operation screen including a first icon and a second icon and an edit screen including the first icon and the second icon on a display in a switchable manner;
executing a function corresponding to a selected icon when the first icon and the second icon are selected by a user on the operation screen;
hiding the first icon in response to the user performing a first operation on the first icon on the edit screen;
continuing to display the first icon and asking the user whether to hide the second icon in response to the user performing the first operation on the second icon on the edit screen; and
displaying the first icon and the second icon in different display modes when the edit screen is displayed.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Ikuma Ken
• Sakai Toshifumi

Classifications

• H04N1/00509 Primary

  Personalising for a particular user or group of users, e.g. a workgroup or company · CPC title

• H04N1/00413

  using menus, i.e. presenting the user with a plurality of selectable options (H04N1/00464 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N1/00506

  Customising to the data to be displayed · CPC title

• H04N2201/0094

  Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception · CPC title

• H04N1/00411 Primary

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