Data processing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8947718-B2
Application number	US-201414149853-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 8, 2014
Priority date	Feb 4, 2013
Publication date	Feb 3, 2015
Grant date	Feb 3, 2015

Abstract

A data processing apparatus includes a display portion, a control portion including a display control portion for causing the display portion to display a preview image of output target data, a touch sensor for receiving, on the display portion, a user operation for performing output setting for the output target data concerning the preview image, an output portion for outputting the output target data based on the output setting, and a control portion for, in a state where the display control portion arranges objects in page unit sequentially to be displayed as the preview image, when the touch sensor receives a predetermined pinch operation for the objects, performing page setting concerning the objects to be operated.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A data processing apparatus, comprising:
a display portion, a display control portion for causing the display portion to display a preview image of output target data, a touch sensor for receiving, on the display portion, a user operation for performing output setting for the output target data concerning the preview image, and an output portion for outputting the output target data based on the output setting; wherein
the data processing apparatus further comprises a control portion for, in a state where the display control portion arranges objects in page unit sequentially to be displayed as the preview image, when the touch sensor receives a predetermined pinch operation for the objects, performing page setting concerning the objects to be operated;
when the touch sensor receives an operation for pinching out one of the objects as the predetermined pinch operation, the control portion performs setting for separating pages concerning the one of the objects into a front page and rear page; and
when the touch sensor receives an operation for pinching out two adjacent objects selected from among the objects which are set to be stored as one file as the predetermined pinch operation, the control portion changes to setting for dividing the one file into two files at a border of pages concerning the two objects.

2. A data processing apparatus, comprising:
a display portion, a display control portion for causing the display portion to display a preview image of output target data, a touch sensor for receiving, on the display portion, a user operation for performing output setting for the output target data concerning the preview image, and an output portion for outputting the output target data based on the output setting; wherein
the data processing apparatus further comprises a control portion for, in a state where the display control portion arranges objects in page unit sequentially to be displayed as the preview image, when the touch sensor receives a predetermined pinch operation for the objects, performing page setting concerning the objects to be operated;
when the touch sensor receives an operation for pinching in two adjacent objects among the objects as the predetermined pinch operation, the control portion performs setting for combining pages concerning the two objects; and
when the touch sensor receives an operation for pinching in two adjacent objects which are set to be stored as separate files and are selected from among the objects as the predetermined pinch operation, the control portion changes to setting for combining the two files into one file at a border of pages concerning the two objects.

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Chiba Kunihisa

Classifications

• H04N1/00411 Primary

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

• H04N1/00381 Primary

  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

• H04N1/00456 Primary

  for layout preview, e.g. page layout · CPC title

• G06F2203/04808

  Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen · CPC title

• H04N2201/0082

  Image hardcopy reproducer (H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence) · CPC title