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Granted Patent B2
US 11,252,287 · App. 16/851,215 · Granted Feb 15, 2022

Image processing apparatus that displays guidance for user operation, control method thereof and storage medium

Inventor: Masaya Soga (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
H04N1/00411H04N1/00514
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Patent No.
US 11,252,287
App. No.
16/851,215
Granted
Feb 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an electronic device, such as an MFP, switching between display and nondisplay of a guidance for a user operation is implemented by a method that requires less time and effort. Switching between display and nondisplay of an operation guidance is performed in accordance with a touch operation on a UI screen without using a dedicated button.

Claims (76)

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

at least one memory that stores a program; and

at least one processor that executes the program to perform:

controlling to display a UI screen for setting a property to the scanned image, wherein the scanned image is obtained by scanning a document, and wherein the UI screen includes a preview area and an input field, and wherein the preview area is used for displaying a preview of the scanned image, and wherein the input field is used for inputting and/or editing a character string to be set as the property of the scanned image;

inputting, if a user selects a character area on the displayed preview of the scanned image, a character string corresponding to the selected character area into the input field;

editing the character string displayed in the input field if the user performs operations to edit the character string displayed in the input field; and

setting a property of the scanned image by using a character string displayed in the input field, wherein

the controlling includes:

displaying an operation guidance for the inputting on the UI screen before the user selects the character area on the displayed preview of the scanned image; and

switching, in a case of detecting a user operation on the UI screen, the operation guidance to nondisplay.

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

the controlling further includes displaying the operation guidance so as not to overlap a detected character area.

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

the controlling further includes displaying the operation guidance so as not to be located within a predetermined distance from a detected character area.

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

the controlling further includes determining a display position of the operation guidance in accordance with an attribute of a character string of a detected character area.

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

the property is a file name in a case where a scanned image is to be filed.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one processor executes the program to further perform obtaining information of one or more character areas which are detected by performing an image analysis for the scanned image, and

wherein the character area selected by the user on the displayed preview of the scanned image is a character area that is specified based on the obtained information of the one or more character areas and a position designated by the user on the displayed preview.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the image analysis for the scanned image is performed by other apparatus that is different from the image processing apparatus.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the image processing apparatus further comprises a scanner,

the scanning of the document is executed with the scanner of the image processing apparatus.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the displayed operation guidance is a message that prompts the user to select the character area on the displayed preview of the scanned image.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the user operation detected on the UI screen is an operation that the user selects a character area on the displayed preview of the scanned image.

11. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the user operation detected on the UI screen is an operation that the user swipes the displayed preview of the scanned image.

12. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the user operation detected on the UI screen is an operation for enlarging or reducing the displayed preview of the scanned image.

13. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the user operation detected on the UI screen is an operation that the user selects the input field or a character displayed in the input field.

14. A control method of an image processing system, the control method comprising:

controlling to display a UI screen for setting a property to a scanned image, wherein the UI screen includes a preview area and an input field, and wherein the preview area is used for displaying a preview of the scanned image, and wherein the input field is used for inputting and/or editing a character string to be set as the property of the scanned image;

inputting, if a user selects a character area on the displayed preview of the scanned image, a character string corresponding to the selected character area into the input field;

editing the character string displayed in the input field if the user performs operations to edit the character string displayed in the input field; and

setting a property of the scanned image by using a character string displayed in the input field, wherein

the controlling includes:

displaying an operation guidance for the inputting on the UI screen before the user selects the character area on the displayed preview of the scanned image; and

switching, in a case of detecting a user operation on the UI screen, the operation guidance to nondisplay.

15. The control method according to claim 14 , wherein the image processing system comprises an apparatus and a server, and

wherein the detecting is performed by the server, and

wherein the controlling, the inputting, the editing and the setting are performed by the apparatus.

16. The control method according to claim 14 , wherein

the controlling further includes displaying the operation guidance so as not to overlap a detected character area.

17. The control method according to claim 14 , wherein

the controlling further includes displaying the operation guidance so as not to be located within a predetermined distance from a detected character area.

18. The control method according to claim 14 , wherein

the controlling further includes determining a display position of the operation guidance in accordance with an attribute of a character string of a detected character area.

19. The control method according to claim 14 , wherein the property is a file name in a case where a scanned image is to be filed.

20. The control method according to claim 14 , the method further comprises obtaining information of one or more character areas which are detected by performing an image analysis for the scanned image, and

wherein the character area selected by the user on the displayed preview of the scanned image is a character area that is specified based on the obtained information of the one or more character areas and a position designated by the user on the displayed preview.

21. The control method according to claim 20 , wherein the image analysis for the scanned image is performed by a server.

22. The control method according to claim 14 ,

wherein the scanning of the document is executed by a scanner of an image processing apparatus.

23. The control method according to claim 14 ,

wherein the displayed operation guidance is a message that prompts the user to select the character area on the displayed preview of the scanned image.

24. The control method according to claim 14 ,

wherein the user operation detected on the UI screen is an operation that the user selects a character area on the displayed preview of the scanned image.

25. The control method according to claim 14 ,

wherein the user operation detected on the UI screen is an operation that the user swipes the displayed preview of the scanned image.

26. The control method according to claim 14 ,

wherein the user operation detected on the UI screen is an operation for enlarging or reducing the displayed preview of the scanned image.

27. The control method according to claim 14 ,

wherein the user operation detected on the UI screen is an operation that the user selects the input field or a character displayed in the input field.

28. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing at least one processor to perform:

controlling to display a UI screen for setting a property to a scanned image, wherein the UI screen includes a preview area and an input field, and wherein the preview area is used for displaying a preview of the scanned image, and wherein the input field is used for inputting and/or editing a character string to be set as the property of the scanned image;

inputting, if a user selects a character area on the displayed preview of the scanned image, a character string corresponding to the selected character area into the input field;

editing the character string displayed in the input field if the user performs operations to edit the character string displayed in the input field; and

setting a property of the scanned image by using a character string displayed in the input field, wherein

the controlling includes:

displaying an operation guidance for the inputting on the UI screen before the user selects the character area on the displayed preview of the scanned image; and

switching, in a case of detecting a user operation on the UI screen, the operation guidance to nondisplay.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2020
From: SOGA, MASAYA
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 053350/0419 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-080390 · Apr 19, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200336611A1 · Oct 22, 2020
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