IP Library Granted Patent US 10,552,003
Granted Patent B2
US 10,552,003 · App. 15/661,879 · Granted Feb 4, 2020

Non-transitory storage medium with functionality in response to an object within a distance of a displayed element

Inventor: Yasushi Sano (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
G06F3/0482G06F3/044G06F3/0488H04N1/00411H04N1/00432H04N1/00435H04N1/00474H04N2201/0094
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Patent No.
US 10,552,003
App. No.
15/661,879
Granted
Feb 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display control device includes an operation-display unit and a controller. The operation-display unit hierarchically displays multiple functions using multiple screens and accepts an operation performed through an approach or touch of an object. The controller performs control so that, when the object approaches a function displayed on an original screen, a next screen associated with the function selected as a result of the approach of the object is temporarily displayed using a display mode corresponding to a relationship between the original screen and the next screen.

Claims (20)

1. A non-transitory storage medium containing program instructions that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

display a plurality of buttons using a plurality of screens on a display;

when a detector detects that an object is within a first distance to a first button displayed on an original screen, temporarily display a next screen associated with the first button; and

when the detector detects that the object is within a second distance to a second button displayed on the temporarily displayed next screen, the second distance being smaller than the first distance, transition the original screen to a next screen associated with the temporarily displayed next screen.

2. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the display and the detector are a touch panel.

3. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 1 , wherein

the detector detects the first distance and the second distance based on a value of detected electrostatic capacitance,

the detector detects the first distance when the detector detects that a change in electrostatic capacitance is greater than or equal to a predetermined lower limit and is smaller than or equal to a predetermined upper limit, and

the detector detects the second distance when the detector detects that the change in electrostatic capacitance is larger than the predetermined upper limit.

4. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 3 , wherein the display and the detector are a touch panel.

5. A non-transitory storage medium containing program instructions that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

display a button on a display;

when a detector detects that an object is within a first distance to the button, temporarily display a next screen associated with the button; and

when the detector detects that the object is within a second distance to the temporarily displayed next screen, the second distance being smaller than the first distance, transition the original screen to a next screen associated with the temporarily displayed next screen.

6. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 5 , wherein the display and the detector are a touch panel.

7. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 5 , wherein

the detector detects the first distance and the second distance based on a value of detected electrostatic capacitance,

the detector detects the first distance when the detector detects that a change in electrostatic capacitance is greater than or equal to a predetermined lower limit and is smaller than or equal to a predetermined upper limit, and

the detector detects the second distance when the detector detects that the change in electrostatic capacitance is larger than the predetermined upper limit.

8. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the display and the detector are a touch panel.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 058287/0056 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-179975 · Aug 14, 2012 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15369275 · Dec 5, 2016
Continuation 13854476 · Apr 1, 2013
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