Display control device and display control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9389775-B2
Application number	US-201113270395-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2011
Priority date	Oct 13, 2010
Publication date	Jul 12, 2016
Grant date	Jul 12, 2016

Abstract

A list of a plurality of objects to be displayed, which corresponds to page images to be operated, respectively, is displayed; it is determined which object is selected as an object to be moved among the plurality of displayed objects to be displayed; it is determined which object is selected as a movement destination object among the plurality of displayed objects to be displayed; and allocation page images are displayed in a state where a page image corresponding to the object determined as the object to be moved and a page image corresponding to the object determined as the movement destination object are allocated to a single page.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display control device comprising:
a list display control unit displaying a plurality of objects each displaying a page image of a document to be printed, the page image displaying whether the page image includes a single page on one sheet or the page image includes N number of pages on one sheet, wherein N is greater than 1;
an operation input unit receiving an input operation of a user, the input operation including selecting a first region of the display and dragging the first region to a second region of the display;
a movement object determination unit identifying the first region as a page from the page image of a first object based on the input operation received by the operation input unit;
an object movement destination determination unit identifying the second region as the page image of a second object based on the input operation received by the operation input unit;
an allocation display control unit displaying, in response to the input operation, an allocation page image of the document to be printed, the allocation page image displaying the page image of the second object updated to include N number of pages on one sheet based on adding the page from the first object to the page image of the second object, wherein a print setting of the document is set according to the allocation page image; and
wherein the input operation further includes simultaneously selecting the second region with the first region and dragging each region to overlap with each other and the allocation display control unit, in response to the input operation, displays a double-sided allocation page image including the page image of the first object on a front surface of a single sheet and the page image of the second object on a rear surface of the single sheet.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the input operation of dragging the first region to the second region of the display includes releasing the selection of the first region when positioned over the second region.

3. A display control method comprising:
displaying a plurality of objects each displaying a page image of a document to be printed, the page image displaying whether the page image includes a single page on one sheet or the page image includes N number of pages on one sheet, wherein N is greater than 1;
receiving an input operation of a user, the input operation including selecting a first region of the display and dragging the first region to a second region of the display;
determining the first region corresponds to a page from the page image of a first object based on the input operation of a user;
determining the second region corresponds to the page image of a second object based on the input operation of the user;
displaying, in response to the input operation, an allocation page image of the document to be printed, the allocation page image displaying the page image of the second object updated to include N number of pages on one sheet based on adding the page from the first object to the page image of the second object, wherein a print setting of the document is set according to the allocation page image; and
wherein the input operation further includes simultaneously selecting the second region with the first region and dragging each region to overlap with each other, and, in response to the input operation, displaying a double-sided allocation page image including the page image of the first object on a front surface of a single sheet and the page image of the second object on a rear surface of the single sheet.

4. The method according to claim 3 ,
wherein the input operation of dragging the first region to the second region of the display includes the releasing the selection of the first region when positioned over the second region.

Assignees

• Kato Hiroyuki
• Toshiba Kk
• Toshiba Tec Kk

Inventors

• Kato Hiroyuki

Classifications

• G06F3/0488 Primary

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• G06F3/0486

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

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

• G06F3/125

  Page layout or assigning input pages onto output media, e.g. imposition · CPC title

• G06F3/1204

  resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data · CPC title