Method for displaying user interface in accordance with user's intention
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroyoshi Yoshida
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Abstract
A user interface is controlled to support a user using an image processing apparatus which can perform a task, for example, for storing image data obtained by a scanner in a memory or printing the image by a printer. In a display apparatus which can display a user interface including operation items, a user's intention is estimated, and an operation by the user for specifying a task is supported. For example, statuses of an image input unit and an image accept unit relating to execution of the task are monitored, and display forms of the operation items are varied in accordance with results of the monitoring.
Claims15
A display control apparatus for controlling a content of a display to enable a user to operate an image processing apparatus, the image processing apparatus having an image input unit for reading an image and inputting image data corresponding to the read image and an image output unit for inputting image data and outputting the input image data, and the image processing apparatus being capable of connecting a storing unit which is for inputting image data and storing the input image data or for outputting stored image data, the display control apparatus comprising:
- a display unit configured to display a plurality of operation items each corresponding to a task, the operation item being selectable by a user for causing the image processing apparatus to perform a task which is to be performed using the image input unit and the storing unit and/or a task which is to be performed using the storing unit and the image output unit;
- a monitoring unit configured to monitor a status of the storing unit;
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- a control unit configured to control the display unit such that an operation item for performing the task using the image input unit and the storing unit and/or an operation item for performing the task using the storing unit and the image output unit are activated in a case where the monitoring unit determines that the storing unit is connected to the image processing apparatus.
A controlling method of a display control apparatus for controlling a content of a display to enable operate an image processing apparatus, the image processing apparatus having an image input unit for reading an image and inputting image data corresponding to the read image and an image output unit for inputting image data and outputting the input image data, and the image processing apparatus being capable of connecting a storing unit for inputting image data and storing the input image data or for outputting stored image data, the controlling method comprising:
- displaying on a display unit a plurality of operation items each corresponding to a task, the operation item being selectable by a user for causing the image processing apparatus to perform the task which is to be performed using the image input unit and the image output unit;
- monitoring a status of the storing unit;
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- activating an operation item for performing the task using the image input unit and the storing unit and/or an operation item for performing the task using the storing unit and the image output unit in a case where it is determined in the monitoring step that the storing unit is connected to the image processing apparatus.
A computer readable storage medium for storing a computer program for controlling a display apparatus for controlling a content of a display to enable operate an image processing apparatus, the image processing apparatus having an image input unit for reading an image and inputting image data corresponding to the read image and an image output unit for inputting image data and outputting the input image data, and the image processing apparatus being capable of connecting a storing unit for inputting image data and storing the input image data or for outputting stored image data, the controlling method comprising:
- a code to display on a display unit a plurality of operation items each corresponding to a task, the operation item being selectable by a user for causing the image processing apparatus to perform the task which is to be performed using the image input unit and the image output unit;
- a code to monitor a status of the storing unit;
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- a code to activate an operation item for performing the task using the image input unit and the storing unit and/or an operation item for performing the task using the storing unit and the image output unit in a case where it is determined that the storing unit is connected to the image processing apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.