Display control apparatus, control method, and recording medium

Abstract

The invention discloses a display control apparatus, a control method, and a recording medium. A display control apparatus has a plurality of home screens each including a field for executing a predetermined function, the display control apparatus including: one or more processors and one or more memories cooperatively controlling display of a predetermined screen including a first field indicating a first home screen included in the plurality of home screens, the first field indicating a second home screen included in the plurality of home screens; the preset picture is different from the first main picture; and setting a background color for each of the plurality of home pictures. When a background color of the first home screen is set to a first form, the first field is included in the predetermined screen in the first form, and when a setting of the background color of the first home screen is changed from the first form to the second form, the first field is included in the predetermined screen in the second form. The first field is included in the predetermined screen in the second form.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a display control device, a control method and a recording medium. Background Art

[0002] Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2020-9047 describes an image forming device that generates a second icon when a first icon of each of a plurality of applications is placed on a basic image having a uniform size or shape, and displays an application selection screen on which the second icons are arranged on a display.

[0003] There is a need for more convenient user operations on a display control device that displays icons. Summary of the invention

[0004] The present disclosure provides improvements to user operations on a display control device displaying icons.

[0005] According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a display control device has multiple main screens, each main screen includes a field for executing a predetermined function, the display control device includes: one or more processors and one or more memories, cooperatively controlling the display of a predetermined screen, the predetermined screen including a first field indicating a first main screen included in the multiple main screens, and the predetermined screen is different from the first main screen; and setting a background color for each of the multiple main screens. When the background color of the first main screen is set to a first form, the first field is included in the predetermined screen in the first form, and when the setting of the background color of the first main screen is changed from the first form to the second form, the first field is included in the predetermined screen in the second form.

[0006] Further features of the present disclosure will become apparent from the following description of exemplary embodiments with reference to the attached drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0007] Figure 1 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration example of a multifunction peripheral (MFP).

[0008] Figure 2 The standard home screen displayed on the operation panel is shown.

[0009] FIG. 3A to FIG. 3C Each customized home screen displayed on the operation panel is shown.

[0010] Figure 4 The home page switching screen displayed on the operation panel is shown.

[0011] Figure 5The custom home icon setting screen displayed on the operation panel is shown.

[0012] Figure 6 The custom home page background color setting screen displayed on the operation panel is shown.

[0013] Figure 7 This is a flowchart of the icon generation process.

[0014] Figure 8 A correspondence table between background color IDs and icons and a correspondence table between scene icon IDs and icons are shown. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0015] The present disclosure is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following example embodiments are in no way intended to limit the present disclosure of the claims. All features and combinations thereof described in the embodiments are not necessarily considered to be necessary for each embodiment of the present disclosure. In the accompanying drawings, the same or similar configurations are identified by the same reference numerals, and redundant descriptions are omitted.

[0016] First embodiment

[0017] Figure 1 1 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration example of a multifunction peripheral (MFP) 100 as a display control device according to the present embodiment. The MFP 100 is a type of information processing apparatus. The MFP 100 is also a type of electronic device. The MFP 100 has an information processing function, such as a function of generating, storing, and transmitting device information including logs and status information. The MFP 100 also has an image forming function of forming an image on a recording medium by using a print control unit 113 and a print unit 114 (described below). The method of using the image forming function may be electrophotography, inkjet, or any other method.

[0018] The display control device according to the present embodiment may be a personal computer (PC), a smartphone, a digital camera, a tablet computer, or the like.

[0019] The MFP 100 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 101, a read-only memory (ROM) 102, a random access memory (RAM) 103, an image memory 104, a data conversion unit 105, a reading control unit 106, a reading unit 107, an operation display unit 108, a liquid crystal display (LCD) 109, a communication control unit 110, and a resolution conversion unit 111. In addition, the MFP 100 includes an encoding / decoding unit 112, a print control unit 113, a print unit 114, a USB function control unit 115, a USB host control unit 116, a bus 117, and a nonvolatile memory 118.

[0020] The CPU 101 is a system control unit, and performs overall control of the MFP 100. The ROM 102 is a nonvolatile memory that stores fixed data to be executed by the CPU 101, such as a control program, a data table, and an embedded operating system (OS).

[0021] According to the present embodiment, under the management of the embedded OS stored in the ROM 102, each control program stored in the ROM 102 is subject to software execution control such as scheduling, task switching, and interrupt processing. The ROM 102 stores information about a permission state indicating whether device information is provided to the outside. The RAM 103 is composed of a static random access memory (SRAM) or the like that requires a backup power supply, and the power supply of the RAM 103 is ensured by a primary battery (not shown) for data backup. The RAM 103 stores program control variables and the like.

[0022] The image memory 104 is composed of a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) or the like, and can accumulate image data. A portion of the image memory 104 is reserved as a work area for executing software processing. The data conversion unit 105 can perform image data conversion such as page description language (PDL) analysis and computer graphics (CG) decompression of character data.

[0023] The reading unit 107 optically reads the document using the CIS image sensor and converts the document into an electrical image signal. The reading control unit 106 performs various image processing such as binarization processing and halftone processing on the image signal and outputs high-resolution image data. The method of optically reading the document may be a sheet reading control method in which the document is read by a fixed CIS image sensor or a book reading control method in which the document is fixed to a document stand and read by a moving CIS image sensor.

[0024] The operation display unit (including the display control unit) 108 can display, for example, the main screen, and includes the minimum necessary keys, such as a numeric input key, a mode setting key, an OK key, and a cancel key, as well as a light emitting diode (LED) and a 7-segment display. The above-mentioned various keys are configured as so-called soft keys displayed on the LCD 109, which can accept operations from the user. If no user operation is performed within a certain period of time, the LCD 109 switches the backlight of the LCD 109 to OFF to reduce power consumption. The operation display unit 108 is a display panel (e.g., an LCD panel).

[0025] The communication control unit 110 controls the communication between the MFP 100 and the communication network 300, connects to an Internet service provider, and communicates various data with a service management server (not shown). The communication control unit 110 can also determine whether the MFP 100 is connected to the Internet or only to a local area network (LAN). The connection between the communication control unit 110 and the communication network 300 is performed using HTTP, XMPP, or other widely used technologies. The resolution conversion unit 111 performs resolution conversion processing, such as mutual conversion between millimeter-based image data and inch-based image data.

[0026] The resolution conversion unit 111 can also perform enlargement and reduction processing on the image data. The encoding / decoding unit 112 performs encoding / decoding processing or enlargement / reduction processing on the image data (for example, uncompressed data or MH, MR, MMR, JBIG or JPEG data) supported by the MFP 100. The printing control unit 113 converts the data to be printed into high-resolution image data by performing various image processing (such as smoothing processing, printing density correction processing and color correction) on the image data to be printed, and outputs the image data to the printing unit 114. The printing control unit 113 also plays a role of periodically acquiring status information data of the printing unit 114. The printing unit 114 is, for example, a laser beam printer or an inkjet printer, and prints the image data generated by the printing control unit 113 on a recording medium such as printing paper.

[0027] The USB function control unit 115 performs protocol control according to the USB communication standard. The USB host control unit 116 is a control unit for communicating using the protocol defined in the USB communication standard. The USB communication standard is a standard for bidirectional high-speed data communication. According to the USB communication standard, multiple hubs or functions (slaves) can be connected to one host (master). That is, the USB host control unit 116 provides a host function in USB communication.

[0028] The nonvolatile memory 118 is a memory that is nonvolatile and stores data acquired from a network and settings of the information processing apparatus. Configurations other than the reading unit 107 and the LCD 109 are connected to each other via the bus 117. The operation display unit 108 has a screen that can switch the main screen.

[0029] Figure 2 A standard home screen displayed on the operation display unit 108 of the MFP 100 is shown.

[0030] The standard home screen is the main menu screen. The field of button 201 displays information indicating that the screen is the standard home screen, and button 201 is used to display the Figure 4The home page switching screen allows you to switch between the home page switching screen and the home page switching screen corresponding to the screen 401 shown in the figure (described below). Figure 2 The screen shown corresponds to the standard main screen and Figure 3A , Figure 3B and Figure 3C The screens 301, 307 and 313 shown in the figure are switched between the customized home screens (customized menu screens). The customized home screen is a submenu screen, and multiple customized home screens are provided according to the usage scenario. The user can select the scene displayed in the home switching screen to switch between the home screens, and the customized home screen is selectively displayed on the operation display unit 108. Figure 2 On the screen shown, the copy menu button 202 corresponds to the copy function. If the copy menu button 202 is detected to be pressed, the screen switches to the copy menu screen. The scan menu button 203 corresponds to the scan function. If the scan menu button 203 is detected to be pressed, the screen switches to the scan menu screen. The print menu button 204 corresponds to the print function. If the print menu button 204 is detected to be pressed, the screen switches to the print menu screen. The LAN button 205 corresponds to the LAN setting. If the LAN button 205 is detected to be pressed, the screen switches to the LAN setting screen. The wireless connection button 206 corresponds to the wireless connection. If the button 206 is detected to be pressed, the screen switches to the wireless connection start screen. The printer setting button 207 corresponds to the printer setting. If the printer setting button 207 is detected to be pressed, the screen switches to the printer setting screen. The prompt button 208 is a button corresponding to the prompt. If the prompt button 208 is detected to be pressed, the screen switches to the prompt screen.

[0031] As used herein, the term "home screen" refers to a screen where one of a plurality of functions can be selected. For example, the home screen is an operation screen that is first displayed after the image processing unit is powered on.

[0032] FIG. 3A to FIG. 3C Shows the customized home screen displayed on the operation panel.

[0033] Custom menus 304, 305, 306, 310, 311, 312, 316, 317, and 318 are user-customizable menus that allow the user to specify functions to be displayed in menu locations. Scene icons 302, 308, and 314 are user-customizable icons, and the user can specify which icon to display in each custom home screen. Each of the first custom screen 301, the second custom screen 307, and the third custom screen 313 can be classified according to a specific purpose or user. The first custom screen 301 is classified as for business use, the second custom screen 307 is for learning use, and the third custom screen 313 is for life use, and a menu that is frequently used each time can be set in the corresponding home screen. Buttons 303, 309, and 315 are fields that display information indicating the scene of the displayed home screen. If each of the buttons 303, 309, and 315 is pressed, the scene is displayed. Figure 4 The background color of each of the first custom screen 301, the second custom screen 307, and the third custom screen 313 can be customized by the user, and the user can specify the background color of the custom home screen. The "Home" button (not shown) is used to display the home page related to Figure 4 (described below). For example, when a menu is selected in a certain home screen and the home screen is thus switched to a screen different from the home screen, the home button is used to display the home screen again. When the home button is detected to be pressed, the home screen corresponding to the main menu selected in the home switching screen is displayed. Figure 4 The home button may be a software key displayed on the operation display unit 108 or a hardware key provided on the MFP 100.

[0034] Figure 3A A customized home screen is shown, in which menus frequently used in business scenarios are arranged on the home screen. The first customized screen 301 is a customized home screen for business scenarios. Custom menu 304 is a button corresponding to a standard copy function, custom menu 305 is a button corresponding to a double-sided copy function, and custom menu 306 is a button corresponding to a function of saving a document in a personal computer (PC). When the pressing of each button is detected, the screen will be converted to the corresponding function setting screen.

[0035] Figure 3Bis a customized main screen on which menus frequently used in learning scenarios are arranged. The second customized screen 307 is a customized main screen for learning scenarios. Customized menu 310 is a button corresponding to the standard copy function, customized menu 311 is a button corresponding to the function of saving a document to a PC, and customized menu 312 is a button corresponding to the standard form function. When the pressing of each button is detected, the screen will switch to the corresponding function setting screen.

[0036] Figure 3C is a custom home screen, where menus frequently used in life scenes are arranged on the home screen. The third custom screen 313 is a custom home screen for life scenes. Custom menu 316 is a button corresponding to the photo printing function, custom menu 317 is a button corresponding to the patterned paper function, and custom menu 318 is a button corresponding to the function of printing from the cloud. When the pressing of each button is detected, the screen will be converted to the corresponding function setting screen.

[0037] Icons for functions (eg, standard copying displayed in each scene) may be predetermined from the factory or may be configured to be changeable by the user.

[0038] Figure 4 A main switching screen (scene selection screen) for setting a main screen to be displayed on the operation panel is shown. When one of the main menus 402, 403, 404, and 405 is selected, the main screen corresponding to the selected main menu is displayed. That is, the user can switch the screen to the main screen corresponding to the scene to be used by selecting one of the main menus 402, 403, 404, and 405. The predetermined icon corresponding to each main menu is composed of a custom icon 407, 409, or 411 corresponding to the main menu and a background icon 406, 408, or 410 indicating the background color of the custom icon. When power is supplied to the MFP 100 and then a soft power-on operation is performed, the main screen that was set last time before the soft power of the MFP 100 was about to be disconnected is displayed. When the above-mentioned home button (not shown) is pressed, the set main screen is displayed.

[0039] Figure 5 The screen 501 shown is an icon setting screen for setting scene icons to be displayed on the custom home screen. When one of the scene icons 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, and 509 is selected and then the user presses the OK button 511, the scene icon corresponding to a certain custom home screen is set. If the cancel button 510 is pressed, the screen 501 is closed.

[0040] Figure 6The screen 601 shown is a background color setting screen for setting the color of the background to be displayed on the custom home screen (background color). The user can set the background color of the custom home screen by selecting one of the background colors 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, and 609 and then pressing the OK button 611. Note that although Figure 6 The background colors 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, and 609 in FIG. 6 have different patterns to help illustrate the differences, but they can be different colors without the pattern. Figure 6 As shown, in addition to colors, you can also select a background image with a pattern as the background to be displayed on the custom home screen.

[0041] When the printer setting button 207 in each custom home screen is pressed and then a button for displaying the corresponding setting screen is pressed, the printer setting button 207 is displayed. Figure 5 Icon settings screen and Figure 6 The settings screen for setting the background color displayed on the custom home screen.

[0042] If the background color set for each customized home screen is different from the color of the background icon of the main menu corresponding to the customized home screen on the home switching screen, it is difficult for the user to determine which main menu with the icon to select to reach the desired customized home screen, which reduces usability. Therefore, the user may select a main menu corresponding to a customized home screen different from the desired customized home screen on the home switching screen.

[0043] Furthermore, if the scene icon set for each customized home screen is different from the predetermined customized icon corresponding to the customized home screen on the home switching screen, it is difficult for the user to determine which main menu item with the icon to select to reach the desired customized home screen, which reduces usability. Therefore, the user may select a main menu corresponding to a customized home screen different from the desired customized home screen on the home switching screen.

[0044] Therefore, according to the present embodiment, a technique for generating a main menu icon corresponding to each custom home screen to be displayed on a home switching screen based on the background color and icon information set for each custom home screen is described. That is, the color of the main menu icon corresponding to a certain custom home screen on the home switching screen is made the same as the background color of the custom home screen. In addition, the custom icon of the main menu corresponding to a certain custom home screen on the home switching screen is made the same as the scene icon of the custom home screen. This makes it easier to select the main menu corresponding to the custom home screen on the home switching screen, thereby improving usability.

[0045] Figure 7 Is generated to be Figure 4 Flowchart of processing of icons displayed on the home page switching screen shown. Figure 7 The series of processes shown are performed by the CPU 101 of the MFP 100 loading the program code stored in the ROM 102 into the RAM 103 and executing the program code. Figure 7 Part or all of the functions of the steps in the flowchart may be implemented by hardware, such as ASIC or electronic circuit. The symbol "S" used in the description of each process in the flowchart represents a step.

[0046] In S701, when the home switching button is detected to be pressed, the CPU 101 changes the screen to the home switching screen. More specifically, the CPU 101 displays Figure 4 Screen 401 is shown.

[0047] In S702, the CPU 101 initializes the custom home page number i to 1. The custom home page number i is a number representing each of the custom home screen and the main menu corresponding to the custom home screen. According to the present embodiment, the custom home page number i of the custom home screen for business use is 1, the custom home page number i of the custom home screen for learning use is 2, and the custom home page number i of the custom home screen for life use is 3. However, the custom home page number corresponding to the custom home screen is not limited thereto.

[0048] In S703, the CPU 101 determines whether the custom home page number i is less than or equal to the number of custom home pages. If it is determined that the custom home page number i is not less than or equal to the number of custom home pages (if the determination is "No"), the processing of the flowchart ends. If it is determined that the custom home page number i is less than or equal to the number of custom home pages (if the determination is "Yes"), the processing proceeds to S704.

[0049] In S704, the CPU 101 obtains the background color of the i-th main menu. The background color is Figure 6 The background color set on the screen 601 shown.

[0050] In S705, the CPU 101 obtains the scene icon of the i-th customized home screen. The icon is Figure 5 Icons are set on the screen 501 shown.

[0051] In S706, the CPU 101 generates an i-th icon to be displayed on the home page switching screen, such as Figure 4 As shown in screen 401.

[0052] Figure 8 A correspondence table between background color IDs and icons and a correspondence table between icon IDs and icons are shown.

[0053] Reference below Figure 8 The corresponding table description shown in Figure 7 For example, the generation of the icon shown in Figure 4 In the case where the icon (410, 411) of the main menu 405 corresponding to the custom home screen of "Life" (custom home page number i is 3, background color ID is 6, icon ID is 3) is generated in the screen 401 in the above example. In S704, the CPU 101 obtains Figure 3C The background color of the customized home screen for "Life" purposes shown in FIG. 1 (background color is 6). In S705, the CPU 101 obtains Figure 3C In S706, the CPU 101 selects a scene icon (icon with icon ID 3) of the customized home screen for "Life" use based on the background color based on the background color ID acquired in S704 and the icon based on the icon ID acquired in S705. Figure 4 The icons (410, 411) of the main menu 405 on the screen 401 shown in FIG. Figure 3C The background color of the customized home screen for "Life" purposes shown in FIG. 4 is the same as the color of icon 410, and Figure 3C The scene icon 314 of the customized home screen for "life" use shown in FIG. 4 is the same as the icon 411. The icons of the main menus corresponding to other customized home screens are generated in the same manner.

[0054] In S707, the CPU 101 increments the value of the customized home page number i, and returns to S703.

[0055] The embodiment in which the custom home page code is initialized to 1 in S702 has been described above. However, the present embodiment is not limited thereto. By initializing the custom home page number i to the maximum number of custom home screens in S702 and then repeating the process while decrementing the custom home page number in S707, the same as Figure 7 The same results as shown in the flowchart.

[0056] In the description of the above embodiment, the icon of the main menu corresponding to each customized home screen displayed on the home switching screen is generated based on the background color and icon information set for each customized home screen. This makes the color of the main menu icon corresponding to each customized home screen the same as the background color of the customized home screen. This makes it easier to select the main menu corresponding to the customized home screen on the customized home screen, thereby improving usability.

[0057] Other embodiments

[0058] The embodiments of the present disclosure may also be implemented by the following method, that is, software (program) that performs the functions of the above embodiments is provided to a system or device through a network or various storage media, and a computer or a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessing unit (MPU) of the system or device reads and executes the program.

[0059] While the present disclosure has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. The scope of the following claims is to be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and equivalent structures and functions.

Claims

1. A display control device having a plurality of main screens, each main screen including a field for executing a predetermined function, the display control device comprising: One or more processors and one or more memories, in cooperation: controlling display of a predetermined screen, the predetermined screen including a first field indicating a first home screen included in the plurality of home screens, and the predetermined screen is different from the first home screen; as well as Setting a background color for each of the plurality of main screens, wherein, when the background color of the first main screen is set to a first form, the first field is included in the predetermined screen in the first form, and When the setting of the background color of the first home screen is changed from the first form to the second form, the first field is included in the predetermined screen in the second form.

2. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein: The predetermined screen is a screen including a plurality of fields, each field indicating one of the plurality of main screens.

3. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein: The predetermined screen is a selection screen for selecting any one of the plurality of home screens.

4. The display control device according to claim 3, wherein: The one or more processors and the one or more memories also cooperate to control displaying any one of the main screens selected on the selection screen.

5. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein: The first field is a field for selecting the first home screen from among the plurality of home screens.

6. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein: The first field is a field for displaying the first home screen among the plurality of home screens.

7. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein: The first field is a soft key indicating the first home screen.

8. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein: The first field has a color representing a background color of an icon of the first home screen.

9. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein: If the background color of the first main screen is set to a first form and an instruction to display the predetermined screen is received, the one or more processors and the one or more memories further cooperatively control the display of the first field included in the predetermined screen in the first form, and Among them, if the setting unit changes the setting of the background color of the first main screen from the first form to the second form and receives an instruction to display the predetermined screen, one or more processors and one or more memories also collaboratively control the display of the first field included in the predetermined screen in the second form.

10. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein: A field for displaying the predetermined screen is displayed in a predetermined field of the first home screen.

11. The display control device according to claim 10, wherein: Information indicating the first home screen is displayed in a field for displaying the predetermined screen.

12. The display control device according to claim 11, wherein: The information indicating the first home screen includes a name of the first home screen and an icon representing the first home screen.

13. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein: The field for executing the predetermined function is one of a field for executing the printing function and a field for executing the scanning function. 14 . The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors and the one or more memories further cooperate to set icons, each icon representing one of the plurality of home screens.

15. A method for controlling a display control device, the display control device having a plurality of main screens, each main screen including a field for executing a predetermined function, the method comprising: displaying a predetermined screen, the predetermined screen including a first field indicating a first home screen included in the plurality of home screens, and the predetermined screen is different from the first home screen; as well as Setting a background color for each of the plurality of main screens, Among them, when displaying, if the background color of the first main screen is set to a first form, the first field included in the predetermined screen is displayed in the first form, and if the setting of the background color of the first main screen is changed from the first form to the second form when setting the background color, the first field included in the predetermined screen is displayed in the second form.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing one or more control programs, the control programs including executable instructions which, when executed by a computer of a display control device having a plurality of main screens each including a field for performing a predetermined function, cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising: displaying a predetermined screen, the predetermined screen including a first field indicating a first home screen included in the plurality of home screens, and the predetermined screen is different from the first home screen; as well as Setting a background color for each of the plurality of main screens, Among them, when displaying, if the background color of the first main screen is set to a first form, the first field included in the predetermined screen is displayed in the first form, and if the setting of the background color of the first main screen is changed from the first form to the second form when setting the background color, the first field included in the predetermined screen is displayed in the second form.

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