Display controller, image processing apparatus, and display control method

A display control method comprising:

• acquiring target data to be subjected to predetermined processing;
• extracting, based on the target data acquired by the target data acquisition step, from a plurality of objects to be displayed, objects to be displayed associated with predetermined setting items relevant to the case where the predetermined processing is applied to the target data;
• acquiring information concerning the relevance between setting items associated with the objects to be displayed extracted by the extraction step and the predetermined processing applied to the target data;
• and then
• controlling, based on the information acquired by the relevance information acquisition step, the objects to be displayed extracted by the extraction step in the display area constituted by the first to n-th (n is an integer number more than 1) ring-like areas, in which an (x−1)th (x is an integer from 2 to n) area is located inside an x-th area, such that objects to be displayed having higher relevance than those to be displayed in the x-th area are displayed in the (x−1)th area and, at the same time, displaying target data acquired by the target data acquisition step inside the first area ahead of execution of the predetermined processing to be performed for the target data;
• acquiring information concerning the setting contents about the setting items corresponding to the objects to be displayed that have been displayed in the first to n-th substantially ring-like areas,
• displaying, based on the information acquired by the setting information acquisition section, the target data to be displayed inside the first area in a state where the predetermined processing according to the setting contents is reflected on the target data.

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• a display controller including:
• a target data acquisition section that acquires target data to be subjected to predetermined processing,
• an extraction section that extracts, based on the target data acquired by the target data acquisition section, from a plurality of objects to be displayed,
• objects to be displayed associated with predetermined setting items relevant to the case where predetermined processing is applied to the target data,
• a relevance information acquisition section that acquires information concerning the relevance between setting items associated with the objects to be displayed extracted by the extraction section and predetermined processing applied to the target data, and
• a control section that displays, based on the information acquired by the relevance information acquisition section, the objects to be displayed extracted by the extraction section in the display area constituted by the first to n-th (n is an integer number more than 1) ring-like areas, in which an (x−1)th (x is an integer from 2 to n) area is located inside the x-th area, such that objects to be displayed having higher relevance than those to be displayed in the x-th area are displayed in the (x−1)th area and, at the same time, displays the target data acquired by the target data acquisition section inside the first area ahead of execution of the predetermined processing to the be performed for the target data;
• and an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet;
• a setting information acquisition section that acquires information concerning setting contents about the setting items corresponding to the plurality of objects to be displayed that have been displayed in the first to n-th substantially ring-like areas, wherein the control section displays, based on the information acquired by the setting information acquisition section, the target data to be displayed inside the first area in a state where the predetermined processing according to the setting contents is reflected on the target data.