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US 2012/0072839 A1Published application
Image editing apparatus and image editing method
OwnerKumiko OGINO, Shinsaku TOHKIinventors
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Abstract
An image editing apparatus includes a display device, a storage device for storing image data, and a preview display unit for displaying a preview image of the image data on a display screen. The preview display unit displays a scroll bar as a UI component for scrolling the preview image, on the display screen. When the image is scrolled, the scroll bar is changed to an enlarged scroll bar. On the screen image, a page jump button and a page number are additionally displayed.
Claims20
An image editing apparatus, comprising:
- a display device having a display screen;
- a storage unit storing image data;
- and
- a preview display unit configured to display a preview image of the image data stored in the storage unit on said display screen, wherein
- said preview display unit displays, when the preview image of said image data cannot fully be displayed on said display screen, a user interface (UI) component allowing the user operation to scroll the preview image displayed on said display screen, to occupy a first area of said display screen;
- said image editing apparatus further comprising:
- a scroll unit configured to control said preview display unit such that said image data displayed on said display screen is scrolled in response to an operation of said UI component;
- and
- a display manner changing unit configured to change a first manner of display of said UI component displayed on said display screen to a second manner of display occupying a second area larger than said first area of said display screen, in response to an operation of said UI component.
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A method of editing an image displayed on a display screen of a display device, comprising the steps of:
- storing image data;
- and
- displaying a preview image of the image data stored at said storing step on said display screen;
- wherein
- at said step of displaying, when the preview image of said image data cannot fully be displayed on said display screen, a user interface (UI) component allowing the user operation to scroll the preview image displayed on said display screen is displayed to occupy a first area of said display screen;
- said method further comprising the steps of:
- controlling said preview display unit such that said image data displayed on said display screen is scrolled, in response to an operation of said UI component;
- and
- changing a first manner of display of said UI component displayed on said display screen to a second manner of display occupying a second area larger than said first area of said display screen, in response to an operation of said UI component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.