# US 2019/0245993 A1 · Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

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- Number: US 2019/0245993 A1
- Document ID: US20190245993A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/385,686
- Filed: 2019-04-16
- Published: 2019-08-08
- Earliest claimed: 2016-08-09
- Assignees: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Takashi MURAKAMI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190245993A1

## CPC

- H04N 1/00506: {Customising to the data to be displayed}
- H04N 1/00411: {the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen}
- H04N 1/00442: {Simultaneous viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. using a mosaic display arrangement of thumbnails}
- H04N 1/00458: {Sequential viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. browsing or scrolling}
- 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

## Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a display and a processor that is programmed to perform control to display multiple document-addition display components that are formed on the display together with all or some of reduced images of pages included in a first document. Each of the multiple document-addition display components is formed between adjacent ones of the reduced images of pages included in the first document. The multiple document-addition display components are operated by a user to add a second document to the first document.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An image processing apparatus comprising:
a display; and
a processor programmed to:
perform control to display multiple document-addition display components that are formed on the display together with all or some of reduced images of pages included in a first document, each of the multiple document-addition display components being formed between adjacent ones of the reduced images of pages included in the first document, the multiple document-addition display components being operated by a user to add a second document to the first document.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to:
specify a number of pages in the second document to be added by each of the multiple document-addition display components.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to:
in response to a first user gesture on a respective one of the multiple document-addition display components, add the second document; and
in response to a second user gesture different from the first user gesture on the respective document-addition display component, complete reading of the second document and change a display screen so that the multiple document-addition display components are not displayed.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the multiple document-addition display components are displayed in a display region of the reduced images so as to be scrolled together.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to:
control execution of a process in accordance with a manner in which the user has operated the multiple document-addition display components.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to:
display a document-reading-completion display component together with the multiple document-addition display components, the document-reading-completion display component being used to complete reading of the second document that is added to the first document.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second document is added to the first document at a position corresponding to a display position of one or more selected ones of the multiple document-addition display components operated by the user.

### Claim 8

An image forming method comprising:
performing control to display multiple document-addition display components that are formed on a display together with all or some of reduced images of pages included in a first document, each of the multiple document-addition display components being formed between adjacent ones of the reduced images of pages included in the first document, the multiple document-addition display components being operated by a user to add a second document to the first document.

### Claim 9

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for image formation, the process comprising:
performing control to display multiple document-addition display components that are formed on a display together with all or some of reduced images of pages included in a first document, each of the multiple document-addition display components being formed between adjacent ones of the reduced images of pages included in the first document, the multiple document-addition display components being operated by a user to add a second document to the first document.