Electronic device, and computer-readable non-transitory recording medium storing display control program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9503594-B1
Application number	US-201615097469-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Apr 13, 2016
Priority date	Apr 28, 2015
Publication date	Nov 22, 2016
Grant date	Nov 22, 2016

Abstract

An electronic device includes: a display section displaying function screens each including a plurality of function setting keys for receiving function settings; a first operation key for displaying the first function screen at the display section; a second operation key for displaying the second function screen at the display section; and a control section displaying, at the display section, the first and second function screens in accordance with operation performed on the first and second operation keys. The control section displays the first and second function screens at the display section when the first and second operation keys have been pressed simultaneously.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a display section displaying function screens each including a plurality of function setting keys for receiving function settings;
a first operation key on which an instruction for displaying the first function screen at the display section is inputted;
a second operation key on which an instruction for displaying the second function screen different from the first function screen at the display section is inputted; and
a control section displaying, at the display section, the first and second function screens in accordance with the instructions inputted on the first and second operation keys, and receiving, in accordance with operation performed on the function setting keys, instructions corresponding to the function setting keys included on the first and second function screens displayed at the display section,
wherein the control section simultaneously displays both the first and second function screens at the display section when the first and second operation keys have been pressed simultaneously.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when the first and second operation keys have been pressed simultaneously and both the first and second function screens are to be displayed simultaneously at the display section, the control section splits a display screen of the display section and simultaneously displays both the first and second function screens, and also displays the common function setting keys included on the first and second function screens, as the keys for receiving instructions for the respective functions indicated by the first and second function screens, separately from the other function setting keys displayed on the first and second function screens.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when the first and second operation keys have been pressed simultaneously and, while either one of the first and second operation keys is continuously pressed for long time, another one of the first and second operation keys has been separated, the control section displays the first and second function screens at the display section by performing, on a display screen of the display section, screen splitting such that a display region of the function screen corresponding to the one operation key is wider than a display region of the function screen corresponding to the another operation key.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein, while either one of the first and second operation keys is continuously pressed for long time, when another one of the first and second operation keys has been pressed, the control section simultaneously displays the first and second function screens by providing semitransparent display of a region other than the function setting keys on the function screen corresponding to the one operation key and then displaying the function screen corresponding to the another operation key in the aforementioned region to thereby display the function screen corresponding to the one operation key appearing at a top and the function screen corresponding to the another operation key appearing at a bottom.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control section displays images indicating the first and second operation keys as soft keys at the display section, and the instructions corresponding to the first and second operation keys are inputted to the control section through a touch panel function included in the display section, and
when the first and second operation keys have been pressed simultaneously, the control section displays the first and second function screens at the display section by determining, based on a signal inputted through the touch panel function, whether or not a touched position of either of the operation keys is close to a middle position of the pressed image and then performing, on a display screen of the display section, screen splitting such that a display region of the function screen corresponding to the operation key whose touched position is close to the middle is wider than a display region of the function screen corresponding to another one of the operation keys.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control section displays images indicating the first and second operation keys as soft keys at the display section, and the instructions corresponding to the first and second operation keys are inputted to the control section through a touch panel function included in the display section, and
when the first and second operation keys have been pressed simultaneously, the control section displays the first and second function screens at the display section by determining, based on a signal inputted through the touch panel function, which of the operation keys has a wider pressed area and then performing, on a display screen of the display section, screen splitting such that a display region of the function screen corresponding to the operation key with the wide pressed area is wider than the function screen corresponding to the operation key with the narrow pressed area.

7. An electronic device comprising:
a display section displaying function screens each including a plurality of function setting keys for receiving function settings;
a first operation key on which an instruction for displaying the first function screen at the display section is inputted;
a second operation key on which an instruction for displaying the second function screen different from the first function screen at the display section is inputted; and
a control section displaying, at the display section, the first and second function screens in accordance with the instructions inputted on the first and second operation keys, and receiving, in accordance with operation performed on the function setting keys, instructions corresponding to the function setting keys included on the first and second function screens displayed at the display section,
wherein, while either one of the first and second operation keys has been pressed first, when another one of the operation keys has been pressed, the control section displays the first and second function screens at the display section by performing, on a display screen of the display section, screen splitting such that a display region of the function screen corresponding to the one operation key is wider than a display region of the function screen corresponding to the another operation key.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the control section displays the first and second function screens at the display section by performing, on the display screen of the display section, screen splitting such that a number of the function setting keys on the first and second function screens is smaller than a number of the function setting keys provided upon separate display of the first and second function screens.

9. A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium storing a display control program,
wherein the display control program makes the computer
display, at a display section, function screens each including a plurality of function setting keys for receiving function settings, and display the first and second function screens at the display section in accordance with an instruction inputted to a first operation key on which an instruction for displaying the first function screen at the display section is inputted and an instruction inputted to a second operation key on which an instruction for displaying the second function screen different from the first function screen at the display section is inputted,
receive, in accordance with operation performed on the function setting keys, instructions correspo

Assignees

• Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Miki Shunji
• KANNO Chikako
• Toyoda Hiroshi
• Miyazaki Takeshi
• Minami Yuka
• Ikeda Yuki

Classifications

• H04N1/00474

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

• H04N1/00384

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

• H04N1/00411 Primary

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

• H04N2201/0094

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

• H04N1/00389

  Programmable function keys, e.g. for one-touch operation (H04N1/00387 takes precedence; for automation of transmitter jobs H04N1/32058) · CPC title