# US 2017/0257500 A1 · Image forming apparatus, image editing method and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for forming an image on a recording medium based on an image displayed on a display section

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- Number: US 2017/0257500 A1
- Document ID: US20170257500A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/598,338
- Filed: 2017-05-18
- Published: 2017-09-07
- Earliest claimed: 2011-08-03
- Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Masanori MATSUMOTO; Takeshi TANI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170257500A1

## CPC

- H04N 1/00395: {Arrangements for reducing operator input (input arrangements for job or mode instructions or parameters H04N1/00962; intelligent menu interfaces H04N1/00437)}
- G06F 3/0483: Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
- G06F 3/04845: for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
- G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
- H04N 1/00381: {Input by recognition or interpretation of visible user gestures (manual input means, e.g. digitisers, writing tablets H04N1/00392; gesture input to computers G06F3/017; recognition algorithms G06V40/20)}
- H04N 1/00392: {Other manual input means, e.g. digitisers or writing tablets}
- H04N 1/00411: {the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen}
- H04N 1/0044: {for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet}
- H04N 1/00461: {marking or otherwise tagging one or more displayed image, e.g. for selective reproduction}
- H04N 1/00469: {with enlargement of a selected area of the displayed information}
- H04N 1/00708: {Size or dimensions}
- H04N 1/3877: {Image rotation}
- H04N 1/393: Enlarging or reducing
- G06F 2203/04806: Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
- G06F 2203/04808: Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
- H04N 2201/0094: Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

When a position detecting section detects two points of contact with a display screen of a display section, a medium deciding section decides a recording medium based on a change in distance between the two points. And an image displayed on the display section is formed on the recording medium decided on by the medium deciding section.

## Claims

### Claim 1

(canceled)

### Claim 2

An image processing method for processing a display image by using an image forming apparatus that comprises a display section, and a position detecting section detecting a position of contact with a display screen of the display section, and that forms an image on a recording medium based on the display image displayed on the display section, the method comprising the steps of:
a step of displaying an image comprising an object image indicative of an object for an image formation, and a medium image indicative of the recording medium;
a step of shifting to an edit mode, when the display screen is contacted at two points, to modify magnification of the object image with respect to the medium image on the basis of contact positions detected by the position detecting section and to display an area occupied by the object image modified in the medium image;
a step of selecting one recording medium of a plurality of selectable recording mediums on the basis of the contact positions detected by the position detecting section; and
a step of finishing the edit mode according to a predetermined operation.

### Claim 3

An image processing method for processing an image by using an image processing apparatus that comprises a display section and a position detecting section detecting a position of contact with a display screen of the display section, the method comprising the steps of:
a step of displaying an image on the display section comprising an object image indicative of an object for an image formation, and a medium image indicative of a recording medium on which the object image is recorded;
a step of shifting to an edit mode, when the display screen is contacted at two points, to modify magnification of the object image with respect to the medium image on the basis of contact positions detected by the position detecting section and to display an area occupied by the object image modified in the medium image;
a step of selecting the recording medium on the basis of the contact positions detected by the position detecting section; and
a step of finishing the edit mode according to a predetermined operation.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The image processing method according to claim 2, where the magnification is modified based on a change in distance between the two points detected by the position detecting section.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The image processing method according to claim 3, where the magnification is modified based on a change in distance between the two points detected by the position detecting section.