Display control device customizing content based on client display

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9491319-B2
Application number	US-201213679143-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2012
Priority date	Dec 20, 2011
Publication date	Nov 8, 2016
Grant date	Nov 8, 2016

Abstract

A display control device includes an acquiring unit that acquires a display request of display information including a display item with respect to a device; a first storage unit that stores therein a minimum item size that is a minimum value of an item size of the display item displayed on a display screen on which the display information is to be displayed; an item size determination unit that sets, based on a screen size of the display screen, an item size of the display item when displayed on the display screen, to an item size that is equal to or larger than the minimum item size; and a display information generating unit that generates the display information including the display item having the set item size.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display control device comprising:
a processor configured to:
acquire a display request of display information used for operation of a device,
determine a display item size and set a width and a height for each of the plurality of display items such that the width and the height are in accordance with a size of a screen on which the display items are to be displayed in response to the display request, and are equal to or larger than the stored minimum width and the stored minimum height, respectively,
determine an area size, which includes the display area in which a set number of display items are placed, the set number being two or more,
compare the screen size with a first threshold and, if the screen size is smaller than the first threshold, sets an area size of the display area to an area size that is smaller than the standard area size and that is determined based on the screen size,
set an item size of the set number of the display items placed in the display area to an item size that is equal to or larger than the minimum size and is smaller than the standard item size,
compare the screen size with a second threshold and, if the screen size is larger than the second threshold, sets an area size of the display area to an area size that is larger than the standard area size and that is determined based on the screen size,
set, if an area size of the display area is set to the area size larger than the standard area size, an item size of the display items to the standard item size, and
generate a display information including the display item having the respective set widths and the respective set heights; and

a first memory configured to:
store, for each of a plurality of display items included in the display information, widths and heights of the display item in accordance with sizes of screens on which the display items are to be displayed, and a minimum width and a minimum height of the display item,
store a standard area size that is an area size of a display area when the display information is displayed on a display screen having a preset standard screen size, and
store a standard item size that is an item size of the display items included in the display area having the standard area size.

2. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to generate display information and determine, based on the set area size and the set item size, whether the set number of the display items are capable of being placed in the display area, and, if determining that the set number of the display items are capable of being placed in the display area, generates the display information in which the set number of the display items having the item size are placed in the display area of the area size.

3. The display control device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to generate, if determining that the set number of the display items are not capable of being placed in the display area out of the plurality of display areas, the display information such that display of the set number of the display items is switched in the display area in response to scroll operation to the display area.

4. The display control device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to generate, if determining that the set number of the display items are not capable of being displayed in the display area, the display information in which a call button for calling a display window displaying the set number of the display items, and a display item out of the set number of the display items is placed in the display area.

5. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
set, if the screen size is the first threshold or larger, an area size of the display area to the standard area size; and
set, if the area size of the display area is set to be the standard area size, an item size of the display items to the standard item size.

6. The display control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second memory that is configured to store therein a first display item displayed in the display area having the standard area size and a second display item displayed in the display area having an area size larger than the standard area size,
wherein the processor is configured to:
compare the screen size with a second threshold and, if the screen size is larger than the second threshold, sets an area size of the display area to an area size that is larger than the standard area size and that is determined based on the screen size, and
generate the display information in which the second display item is placed in the display area having the area size larger than the standard area size.

7. The display control device according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to:
set, if the screen size is the second threshold or smaller, an area size of the screen area to the standard area size, and
generate the display information in which the first display item is placed in the display area having the standard area size.

8. The display control device according to claim 6 , wherein
the first display item is a first text displayed in the display area; and
the second display item is a second text longer than the first text.

9. The display control device according to claim 8 , wherein
the first text is a title of the display area; and
the second text is a title and explanation.

10. The display control device according to claim 6 , wherein
the first display item is a text having a first font size displayed in the display area; and
the second display item is a text having a second font size larger than the first font size.

11. The display control device according to claim 6 , wherein
the first display item is a text displayed in the display area; and
the second display item is the text and an image.

12. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
acquire the screen size of the display screen, and
determine the item size based on the screen size acquired by the acquiring unit.

13. A display control system comprising:
a processor configured to:
acquire a display request of display information used for operation of a device,
determine a display item size and set a width and a height for each of the plurality of display items such that the width and the height are in accordance with a size of a screen on which the display items are to be displayed in response to the display request, and are equal to or larger than the stored minimum width and the stored minimum height, respectively,
determine an area size, which includes the display area in which a set number of display items are placed, the set number being two or more,
compare the screen size with a first threshold and, if the screen size is smaller than the first threshold, sets an area size of the display area to an area size that is smaller than the standard area size and that is determined based on the screen size,
set an item size of the set number of the display items placed in the display area to an item size that is equal to or larger than the minimum size and is smaller than the standard item size,
compare the screen size with a second threshold and, if the screen size is larger than the second threshold, sets an area size of the display area to an area size that is larger than the standard area size and that is determined based on the screen size,
set, if an area size of the display area is set to the area size larger than the standard area size, an item size of the display items to t

Assignees

• Yokoyama Akira
• Nishimura Tatsuo
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yokoyama Akira
• Nishimura Tatsuo

Classifications

• H04N1/00503

  Customising to a particular machine or model, machine function or application · CPC title

• H04N1/00482

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

• H04N1/00464

  using browsers, i.e. interfaces based on mark-up languages · CPC title

• H04N1/00506

  Customising to the data to be displayed · CPC title

• H04N1/00474

  outputting a plurality of functional options, e.g. scan, copy or print · CPC title