User interface device and its display method
View Patent ↗While a design manipulation window 62 is open on the screen, in response to a user's selection of a print manipulation option bar 244 b , the design manipulation window 62 is slid to change over the display to a print manipulation window 64 . A print preview display field 241 included in the design manipulation window 62 remains on the display to form part of the print manipulation window 64 , while a design menu display field 242 is made to disappear from the screen and a print menu display field 243 appears on the screen. The changeover of the manipulation window includes switch of the display of the menu display field 242 or 243 . The user can thus readily recognize a changeover of manipulation mode on the screen. The remaining display of the print preview display field 241 effectively enhances the user's working efficiency.
1. A user interface device that causes a user interface-related window to be displayed on a display unit, which is capable of displaying various pieces of information, said user interface device comprising:
a command input module that receives a user command;
a storage module that stores at least data of a first manipulation menu display field, data of a second manipulation menu display field, and data of a viewer display field for displaying a processing object of each manipulation; and
a display control module that, when the user command received by said command input module is a first manipulation window display command, reads the data of the first manipulation menu display field and the data of the viewer display field from said storage module and displays a first manipulation window, which includes the first manipulation menu display field arranged at a predetermined location on a periphery of the viewer display field, on said display unit and when the user command received by said command input module of the second manipulation menu display field and the data of the viewer display field from said storage module and displays a second manipulation window, which includes the second manipulation menu display field arranged at a location opposite to the predetermined location on the periphery of the viewer display field, on said display unit,
in the case of input of the second manipulation window display command during display of the first manipulation window on said display unit, said display control module sliding the first manipulation window to make the first manipulation menu display field disappear from the display on said display unit and to make the second manipulation menu display field appear on the display on said display unit, while making the viewer display field remain on the display on said display unit, so as to display the second manipulation window on said display unit,
in the case of input of the first manipulation window display command during display of the second manipulation window on said display unit, said display control module sliding the second manipulation window to make the second manipulation menu display field disappear from the display on said display unit and to make the first manipulation menu making the viewer display field remain on the display on said display unit, so as to display the first manipulation window on said display unit,
wherein said storage module stores a first manipulation window option bar corresponding to the first manipulation window display command and a second manipulation window option bar corresponding to the second manipulation window display command,
for display of the first manipulation window on said display unit, said display control module arrays the first manipulation window option bar and the second manipulation window option bar in an identical direction of an alignment of the viewer display field and the first manipulation menu display field and displays the first manipulation window option bar longer and the second manipulation window option bar shorter, and
for display of the second manipulation window on said display unit, said display control module arrays the first manipulation window option bar and the second manipulation window option bar in an identical direction of an alignment of the viewer display field and the second manipulation menu display field and displays the second manipulation window option bar longer and the first manipulation window option bar shorter.
2. A user interface device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the first manipulation window has the first manipulation menu display field located on a left side or a fight side of the viewer display field,
the second manipulation window has the second manipulation menu display field located on the right side or the left side of the viewer display field, and
said display control module slides the first manipulation window or the second manipulation window lefiward or rightward.
3. A user interface device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the first manipulation window has the first manipulation menu display field located on an upper side or a lower side of the viewer display field,
the second manipulation window has the second manipulation menu display field located on the lower side or the upper side of the viewer display field, and
said display control module slides the first manipulation window or the second manipulation window upward or downward.
4. A user interface device in accordance with claim 1 wherein said display control module slides the first manipulation window option bar and the second manipulation window option bar to change the longer side and the shorter side, when the first manipulation window is slid to change over the display to the second manipulation window on said display unit or when the second manipulation window is slid to change over the display to the first manipulation window.
5. A user interface device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the first manipulation menu display field displays at least one of a menu, a guidance, and a data setting input box relating to image editing,
the second manipulation menu display field displays at least one of a menu, a guidance, and a data setting input box relating to image printing, and
the viewer display field displays an image as an object of the image editing or the image printing.
6. A user interface device in accordance with claim 5 , wherein the viewer display field displays a captured image of a motion picture as the object of the image editing or the image printing.
7. A user interface device in accordance with claim 6 , said user interface device being mounted on a printer, which connects with a disk recorder using a hard disc or a digital versatile disc as a recording medium of motion pictures and has a function of capturing a motion picture from the recording medium of the disk recorder.
8. A user interface device in accordance with claim 1 , said user interface device is a computer comprising said display unit, said command input module, said storage module, and said display control module.
9. A user interface display method by computer software that reads required data from a storage module, which stores at least data of a first manipulation menu display field, data of a second manipulation menu display field, and data of a viewer display field for displaying a processing object of each manipulation, and displays the required data on a display unit, said user interface display method comprising the steps of:
(a) receiving a user command;
(b) when the user command is a first manipulation window display command, reading the data of the first manipulation menu display field and the data of the viewer display field from said storage module and displaying a first manipulation window, which includes the first manipulation menu display field arranged at one side on periphery of the viewer display field, on said display unit;
(c) when the user command is a second manipulation window display command, reading the data of the second manipulation menu display field and the data of the viewer display field from said storage module and displaying a second manipulation window, which includes the second manipulation menu display field arranged at the opposite side on the periphery of the viewer display field, on said display unit;
(d) in the case of input of the second manipulation window display command during display of the first manipulation window on said display unit, sliding the first manipulation window to make the first manipulation menu display field disappear from the display on said display unit and to make the second manipulation menu display field appear on the display on said display unit, while making the viewer display field remain on the display on said display unit, so as to display the second manipulation window on said display unit; and
(e) in the case of input of the first manipulation window display command during display of the second manipulation window on said display unit, sliding the second manipulation window to make the second manipulation menu display field disappear from the display on said display unit and to make the first manipulation menu display field appear on the display on said display unit, while making the viewer display field remain on the display on said display unit, so as to display the first manipulation window on said display unit,
wherein said storage module stores a first manipulation window option bar corresponding to the first manipulation window display command and a second manipulation window option bar corresponding to the second manipulation window display command,
for display of the first manipulation window on said display unit, said display control module arrays the first manipulation window option bar and the second manipulation window option bar in an identical direction of an alignment of the viewer display field and the first manipulation menu display field and display.s the first manipulation window option bar longer and the second manipulation window option bar shorter, and
for display of the second manipulation window on said display unit, said display control module arrays the first manipulation window option bar and the second manipulation window option bar in an identical direction of an alignment of the viewer display field and the second manipulation menu display field and displays the second manipulation window option bar longer and the first manipulation window option bar shorter.
10. A user interface device in accordance with claim 1 , said user interface device further comprising:
a reception module that receives a radio signal transmitted from a remote control unit, in response to operation of one of Up, Down, Left, Right, and OK keys on said remote control unit; and
a radio signal identification module that identifies the radio signal received by said reception module as one of Up, Down, Left, Right, and OK commands;
wherein when the first manipulation window or the second manipulation window is read from the storage module and is displayed on the display unit, the display control module executes a setting on the displayed manipulation window or a changeover of display to the other manipulation window, in response to one of the Up, Down, Left, Right, and OK commands identified by said radio signal identification module.