US 2006/0235766 A1Published application

Information processing apparatus and image display program product

AssigneeKyocera Mita Corporation

InventorsEiji Mifune, Katsushi Horihata, Masayoshi Suzuki

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Abstract

A display format discriminator discriminates whether a peripheral apparatus detected by a PC is to be displayed as an individual icon or a generic icon representing a group of peripheral apparatuses. A first display controller displays the individual icon or the generic icon based on a discrimination by the display format discriminator. If the generic icon has been designated by an operator, a second display controller displays, the group of peripheral apparatuses in a list associated with the generic icon. If the individual icon has been designated, a main controller controls the peripheral apparatus represented by the individual icon to perform processing necessary for execution of an operation. If, on the other hand, one of the listed peripheral apparatuses has been designated, the main controller controls the designated peripheral apparatus to perform processing necessary for execution of an operation.

Claims10

Dependent claims

An information processing apparatus operably connected to at least one peripheral apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising:

an apparatus detector for detecting the peripheral apparatus operably connected to the information processing apparatus;
a display format discriminator for discriminating whether the peripheral apparatus detected by the apparatus detector is to be displayed as an individual icon inherent to the peripheral apparatus, or a generic icon representing a group of peripheral apparatuses inclusively with an other detected peripheral apparatus;
a first display controller for displaying, on a screen of a display, the individual icon or the generic icon based on a discrimination result by the display format discriminator;
a first designation detector for detecting a designation by an operator on one of the individual icon and the generic icon displayed on the screen of the display by the first display controller;
a second display controller for displaying, on the screen of the display, the group of the peripheral apparatuses in a list in association with the generic icon if the designation of the generic icon has been detected by the first designation detector;
a second designation detector for detecting whether one of the listed peripheral apparatuses has been designated by the operator while the list of the peripheral apparatuses is displayed in association with the generic icon by the second display controller;
and
a main controller for controlling the peripheral apparatus represented by the individual icon to perform a processing necessary for execution of an operation if the designation of the individual icon has been detected by the first designation detector, and controlling the designated one of the listed peripheral apparatuses to perform a processing necessary for execution of an operation if the one of the listed peripheral apparatuses has been designated by the second designation detector.

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An image display program product for displaying an image, comprising:

an image display program which causes an information processing apparatus operably connected to at least one peripheral apparatus to function as:
an apparatus detector for detecting the peripheral apparatus operably connected to the information processing apparatus;
a display format discriminator for discriminating whether the peripheral apparatus detected by the apparatus detector is to be displayed as an individual icon inherent to the peripheral apparatus, or a generic icon representing a group of peripheral apparatuses inclusively with an other detected peripheral apparatus;
a first display controller for displaying, on a screen of a display, the individual icon or the generic icon based on a discrimination result by the display format discriminator;
a first designation detector for detecting a designation by an operator on the individual icon or the generic icon displayed by the first display controller;
a second display controller for displaying, on the screen of the display, the group of the peripheral apparatuses in a list in association with the generic icon if the designation of the generic icon has been detected by the first designation detector;
a second designation detector for detecting whether one of the listed peripheral apparatuses has been designated by the operator while the list of the peripheral apparatuses is displayed in association with the generic icon by the second display controller;
and
a main controller for controlling the peripheral apparatus represented by the individual icon to perform a processing necessary for execution of an operation if the designation of the individual icon has been detected by the first designation detector, and controlling the designated one of the listed peripheral apparatuses to perform a processing necessary for execution of an operation if the one of the listed peripheral apparatuses has been designated by the second designation detector;
and
a signal bearing media bearing the image display program.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.