# US 12,182,374 B2 · Control method for displayed grouped objects

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- Number: US 12,182,374 B2
- Document ID: US12182374B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/683,590
- Filed: 2022-03-01
- Published: 2022-09-01
- Granted: 2024-12-31
- Earliest claimed: 2021-03-01
- Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Inventors: Toshiki Fujimori
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12182374B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
- G06F 3/0386: {for light pen}
- G06F 3/04845: for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
- G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
- G06F 3/03542: {Light pens for emitting or receiving light}
- G06F 3/03545: {Pens or stylus}
- G06F 40/166: Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
- G06F 40/169: Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
- H04N 9/3179: {Video signal processing therefor}
- H04N 9/3194: {including sensor feedback}
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A control method for a display apparatus includes displaying a first image based on an input first image signal on a display surface when a first operation on the display surface is detected, displaying a first drawing image corresponding to the first operation on the display surface, when a second operation to select the first image and the first drawing image on the display surface is received, registering the first image and the first drawing image as a first group, and when a third operation to select the first group on the display surface is received, executing first processing corresponding to the third operation.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A control method for a display apparatus comprising:
displaying a first image based on an input first image signal on a display surface;
when a first operation on the display surface is detected, displaying a first drawing image corresponding to the first operation on the display surface, wherein detecting the first operation comprises detecting a first emission sequence from a light emitting pen, wherein the first image has a first priority and the first drawing image has a second priority;
when a second operation to select the first image and the first drawing image on the display surface is received, registering the first image and the first drawing image as a first group, wherein detecting the second operation comprises detecting a second emission sequence from the light emitting pen, wherein the first group has a higher update frequency than displayed objects not in the first group, and wherein registering the first image and the first drawing image as the first group includes setting the first priority and the second priority to a same priority value; and
when a third operation to select the first group on the display surface is received, executing first processing corresponding to the third operation, wherein detecting the third operation comprises detecting a third emission sequence from the light emitting pen.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The control method for the display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
when a fourth operation on the display surface is detected, displaying a second drawing image corresponding to the fourth operation on the display surface, wherein detecting the fourth operation comprises detecting a fourth emission sequence from the light emitting pen;
in a case where the first image and the first drawing image are not registered as the first group, when the second drawing image is selected, displaying a first operation menu having a first operation command; and
displaying a second image based on an input second image signal on the display surface; and
when the second image is selected, displaying a second operation menu having a second operation command different from the first operation command, wherein
the first processing including displaying the second operation menu.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The control method for the display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein
the second operation menu includes a changing operation to change the first image signal to a third image signal, and
when the changing operation is selected, a third image based on the third image signal is displayed in a position in which the first image was displayed.

### Claim 4

A display apparatus comprising:
a light source; and
at least one processor programmed to
display a first image based on a first image signal on a display surface using the light source,
when a first operation on the display surface is detected, display a first drawing image corresponding to the first operation on the display surface using the light source, wherein detecting the first operation comprises detecting a first emission sequence from a light emitting pen, wherein the first image has a first priority and the first drawing image has a second priority,
when a second operation to select the first image and the first drawing image displayed on the display surface is received, register the first image and the first drawing image as a first group, wherein detecting the second operation comprises detecting a second emission sequence from the light emitting pen, wherein the first group has a higher update frequency than displayed objects not in the first group, and wherein registering the first image and the first drawing image as the first group includes setting the first priority and the second priority to a same priority value, and
when a third operation to select the first group is received, executes first processing corresponding to the third operation, wherein detecting the third operation comprises detecting a third emission sequence.