Image processing apparatus having a touch panel

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a touch panel; and

a processing unit configured to execute processing based on a gesture on said touch panel, said processing unit including a determination unit configured to determine a detail of processing corresponding to said gesture, wherein

(i) when the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture is interpreted by said processing unit as being associated with a first detail of processing as executing previously defined processing on a file and associated with a second detail of processing as processing on an image displayed on said touch panel and (ii) when the file targeted for said processing is stored in a storage device, said determination unit determines the appropriate detail of processing corresponding to said gesture as said first detail of processing, and the processing unit executes the previously defined processing on that file.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

said processing unit further includes an acquisition unit for acquiring said file by sending a request for said file to a server including said storage device based on a first gesture on said touch panel, and

said determination unit determines the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture as said first detail of processing by said acquisition unit acquiring a response from said server that said file is registered in said storage device.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

said processing unit further includes a receiving unit for receiving a selection between said first detail of processing and said second detail of processing as the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture when the file targeted for said processing is stored in said storage device, and

when the file targeted for said processing is stored in said storage device and when the selection of said first detail of processing is received in said receiving unit, said determination unit determines the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture as said first detail of processing.

4. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a touch panel;

a processing unit configured to execute processing based on a gesture on said touch panel, said processing unit including a determination unit configured to determine a detail of processing corresponding to said gesture;

an authentication unit configured to perform user authentication; and

a storage unit configured to store user information, wherein

(i) when the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture is interpreted by the processing unit as being associated with a first detail of processing as executing previously defined processing on a file and associated with a second detail of processing as processing on an image displayed on said touch panel and (ii) when user information on a user having performed said gesture includes defining information that defines at least one detail of processing as the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture, said determination unit determines the appropriate detail of processing corresponding to said gesture based on said defining information.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising a setting unit for setting said defining information.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein said defining information defines the number of contacts on said touch panel to be used in said gesture when the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture is determined as said first detail of processing and the number of contacts on said touch panel to be used in said gesture when the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture is determined as said second detail of processing.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein even when said user information does not include said defining information, said determination unit determines the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture as said first detail of processing when the file targeted for said processing associated with a user authenticated by said user authentication is stored in a storage device.

8. A method of controlling an image processing apparatus having a touch panel, comprising the steps of:

receiving a gesture on said touch panel;

determining, by a processing unit, a detail of processing corresponding to said gesture; and

executing, by said processing unit, said determined processing, wherein

(i) when the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture is interpreted by said processing unit as being associated with a first detail of processing as executing previously defined processing on a file and associated with a second detail of processing as processing on an image displayed on said touch panel, and (ii) when the file targeted for said processing is stored in a storage device, said processing unit determines, in said step of determining, that the appropriate detail of processing corresponding to said gesture is said first detail of processing, and executes, in said step of executing, processing on the file targeted for said processing as said first detail of processing.

9. The method of controlling according to claim 8 , further comprising the step of sending a request for said file to a server including said storage device based on a first gesture on said touch panel, wherein

it is determined in said step of determining that the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture is said first detail of processing by acquiring a response from said server that said file is registered in said storage device in accordance with said request.

10. The method of controlling according to claim 8 , further comprising the step of receiving a selection between said first detail of processing and said second detail of processing as the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture when the file targeted for said processing is stored in said storage device, wherein

when the file targeted for said processing is stored in said storage device and when the selection of said first detail of processing is received in said step of receiving the selection, it is determined in said step of determining that the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture is said first detail of processing.

11. A method of controlling an image processing apparatus having a touch panel, comprising the steps of:

performing, by an authentication unit, user authentication;

receiving a gesture on said touch panel;

determining, by a processing unit, a detail of processing corresponding to said gesture; and

executing, by the processing unit, said processing as determined, wherein

(i) when the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture is interpreted by said processing unit as being associated with a first detail of processing as executing previously defined processing on a file and associated with a second detail of processing as processing on an image displayed on said touch panel and (ii) when user information on a user having performed said gesture includes defining information that defines at least one detail of processing as the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture, the appropriate detail of processing corresponding to said gesture is determined based on said defining information in said step of determining.

12. The method of controlling according to claim 11 , further comprising the step of setting said defining information.

13. The method of controlling according to claim 11 , wherein said defining information defines the number of contacts on said touch panel to be used in said gesture when the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture is determined as said first detail of processing and the number of contacts on said touch panel to be used in said gesture when the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture is determined as said second detail of processing.

14. The method of controlling according to claim 11 , wherein even when said user information does not include said defining information, it is determined in said step of determining that the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture is said first detail of processing when the file targeted for said processing associated with a user authenticated by said user authentication is stored in a storage device.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a program for causing an image processing apparatus having a touch panel and a controller connected to said touch panel to execute processing, wherein said program instructs said controller to perform the steps of:

receiving a gesture on said touch panel;

determining a detail of processing corresponding to said gesture; and

executing said processing as determined, wherein

(i) when the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture is interpreted to be associated with a first detail of processing as processing on a file and to be associated with a second detail of processing as processing on an image displayed on said touch panel and (ii) when the file targeted for said processing is stored in a storage device, said program further instructs the controller, in said step of determining, to determine the appropriate detail of processing corresponding to said gesture as said first detail of processing, and, in said step of executing, to execute processing as said first detail of processing on the file targeted for said processing.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein

said program further causes said controller to execute the step of sending a request for said file to a server including said storage device based on a first gesture on said touch panel, and

said controller, in said step of determining, determines the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture as said first detail of processing by acquiring a response from said server that said file is registered in said storage device in accordance with said request.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein

said program further causes said controller to execute the step of receiving a selection between said first detail of processing and said second detail of processing as the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture when the file targeted for said processing is stored in said storage device, and

when the file targeted for said processing is stored in said storage device and when the selection of said first detail of processing is received in said step of receiving the selection, said controller, in said step of determining, determines the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture as said first detail of processing.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a program for causing an image processing apparatus having a touch panel and a controller connected to said touch panel to execute processing, wherein said program instructs said controller to perform the steps of:

performing user authentication;

receiving a gesture on said touch panel;

determining a detail of processing corresponding to said gesture; and

executing said processing as determined, wherein

(i) when the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture is interpreted to be associated with a first detail of processing as executing previously defined processing on a file and a second detail of processing as processing on an image displayed on said touch panel and (ii) when user information on a user having performed said gesture includes defining information that defines at least one detail of processing as the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture, said program further instructs the controller, in said step of determining, to determine the appropriate detail of processing corresponding to said gesture based on said defining information.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 18 , wherein said program further causes said controller to execute the step of setting said defining information.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 18 , wherein said defining information defines the number of contacts on said touch panel to be used in said gesture when the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture is determined as said first detail of processing and the number of contacts on said touch panel to be used in said gesture when the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture is determined as said second detail of processing.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 18 , wherein even when said user information does not include said defining information, said controller, in said step of determining, determines the detail of processing corresponding to said gesture as said first detail of processing when the file targeted for said processing associated with a user authenticated by said user authentication is stored in a storage device.