System and method for move and drop of clone image on a touch panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9232094-B2
Application number	US-201314060648-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2013
Priority date	Oct 26, 2012
Publication date	Jan 5, 2016
Grant date	Jan 5, 2016

Abstract

A data processing apparatus includes a position detection portion for detecting a position designated on a display, a data select portion for selecting data identified by a first image displayed on the display as target data, a clone image display portion for arranging a clone image corresponding to the first image at the detected position, a clone image moving portion for moving the clone image, a second image display portion for arranging one or more second images for identifying one or more kinds of processes executable on the target data at positions based on the position of the first image, a candidate process decision portion for deciding a process identified by the second image having a predetermined relative positional relation to the clone image as a candidate process, and an execution process decision portion for deciding the candidate process as an execution process when the position is no longer detected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A data processing apparatus comprising:
a display screen configured to display an image;
a position detection portion to detect a position designated by a user on a display surface of the display screen; and
a processor that
controls execution of one or more kinds of processes on data;
displays a first image for identifying data on the display screen;
selects data identified by the first image displayed on the display screen as process target data to be processed, based on the position detected by the position detection portion;
arranges a clone image corresponding to the first image for identifying the process target data at the position detected by the position detection portion and displays the arranged clone image on the display screen, in response to the process target data being selected by the processor;
moves the clone image by arranging the clone image at the position detected by the position detection portion and displays the arranged clone image on the display screen while the position is continuously detected by the position detection portion after the process target data is selected by the processor;
arranges one or more second images for identifying one or more kinds of processes that can be executed by the data processing apparatus on the process target data, at positions defined based on a position where the first image is displayed, and displays the arranged one or more second images on the display screen, in response to the process target data being selected by the processor;
decides a process identified by the second image having a predetermined relative positional relation to the clone image as a candidate process among the one or more second images when the clone image displayed by the processor falls into a predetermined relative positional relation to any one of the one or more second images; and
decides the candidate process as an execution process to be executed by the data processing apparatus on the process target data when the position is no longer detected by the position detection portion in a state in which the clone image falls in a predetermined relative positional relation to the second image for identifying the candidate process.

2. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor arranges two second images for identifying predetermined two of the one or more kinds of processes that can be executed by the data processing apparatus on the process target data, above a position where the first image is displayed.

3. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor decides one or more executable processes that can be executed on the process target data from among the one or more kinds of processes that can be executed by the data processing apparatus, wherein
when two executable processes are decided by the processor, the processor arranges two second images for identifying the two executable processes decided by the processor, above a position where the first image is displayed.

4. The data processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor arranges the two second images such that the two second images are aligned in a horizontal direction at a distance longer than a horizontal length of the clone image.

5. The data processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the one or more kinds of processes that can be executed by the data processing apparatus are sorted into a plurality of modes, and
the processor selects any one of the plurality of modes, and decides the one or more executable processes from among the kinds of processes sorted into a mode selected by the processor.

6. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor decides one or more executable processes that can be executed on the process target data from among the one or more kinds of processes that can be executed by the data processing apparatus, wherein
when three or more executable processes are decided by the processor, the processor arranges three or more second images for identifying the three or more executable processes decided by the processor, at positions, excluding a position below the first image, where three or more of the three or more second images are not aligned in a same straight line.

7. The data processing apparatus according to 1 , wherein the processor decides one or more executable processes that can be executed on the process target data from among the one or more kinds of processes that can be executed by the data processing apparatus, wherein
the processor is configured to arrange one or more second images for identifying the one or more executable processes decided by the processor, at positions, excluding a position below the first image, where directions from a predetermined position in the first image for identifying the process target data are different.

8. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor controls display of the second image for identifying a candidate process in a larger size than before the candidate process is decided by the processor, while the candidate process is being decided by the processor.

9. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor controls display of identification information for identifying a candidate process next to the second image, while the candidate process is being decided by the processor.

10. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor, based on an execution history of each of the one or more kinds of processes, selects a predetermined number of processes in order of an execution count, and arranges for display the one or more second images to identify the selected predetermined number of processes at a position defined based on the position where the first image is displayed.

11. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising
a plurality of modes, wherein
each of the plurality of modes is associated with one of the one or more kinds of processes, and
the processor, in a case where one of the plurality of modes is selected, arranges for display the one or more second images to identify the one or more kinds of processes corresponding to a mode being set, at a position defined based on the position where said first image is displayed.

12. A data processing apparatus comprising:
a display screen configured to display an image;
a position detection portion configured to detect a position designated by a user on a display surface of the display screen; and
a processor that
controls execution of one or more kinds of processes on data;
displays a first image for identifying data on the display screen portion;
selects data identified by the first image displayed on the display screen as process target data to be processed, based on the position detected by the position detection portion;
arranges one or more second images for identifying one or more kinds of processes that can be executed by the data processing apparatus on the process target data, at positions defined based on a start position detected by the position detection portion at a point of time when the process target data is selected by the processor, and displays the arranged one or more second images on the display screen, in response to the process target data being selected by the processor;
decides a process identified by the second image having a predetermined relative positional relation to the position continuously detected by the position detection portion as a candidate process among the one or more second images when the position continuously detected by the position detection portion fa

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Inc

Inventors

• Kobayashi Minako

Classifications

• H04N1/00411 Primary

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• H04N1/00482

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

• H04N1/00384

  Key input means, e.g. buttons or keypads (electromechanical details of key input means in general H01H13/00) · CPC title

• G06F3/0486

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title

• G06F3/048

  Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] · CPC title