Image processing apparatus and image processing method

Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes a display unit that displays an operation screen for a user to perform an input operation; a storing unit that stores therein a screen element database that stores therein a plurality of screen elements to be arranged on the operation screen and that is capable of storing therein a definition file that defines a display screen; an input unit that receives selection of a plurality of screen elements from the screen element database and receive input of component information in which layout information that represents a layout position of a screen element,element definition information that specifies a screen element arranged at the layout position, and screen element information that represents an image of a screen element are correlated with each other, the component information corresponding to each of the screen elements; and a definition-file creating unit that creates the definition file by combining a plurality of pieces of the component information received by the input unit and configured to store the definition file in the storing unit.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2008-241630 filed in Japan on September 19, 2008, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. technical field [0003] The present invention relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, and a recording medium. Background technique [0004] In recent years, with the advancement of Internet technology, Graphical User Interface (GUI) editing tools for excellently developing GUIs in World Wide Web (Web) applications have emerged. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-276989 discloses a technique of generating a web page displayed on a display screen of an information processing device by using a screen layout data file and an operation instruction file. [0005] As for the operation screens used by the user to set printing conditions in the image processing apparatus or to instruct execu...

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Therefore, with the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-276989, since all data files are generated at the beginning, expertise in generating operation screens is required, and the process of generating operation screens becomes increasingly complicated and long

[0007] In the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-265278, a presentation definition that defines a layout (layout) only shows the layout of data items to be displayed, and it is difficult to generate state to compose application screens with required GUI components

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