IP Library Granted Patent US 12,301,771
Granted Patent B2
US 12,301,771 · App. 18/499,905 · Granted May 13, 2025

Image processing apparatus for inputting characters using touch panel, control method thereof and storage medium

Inventor: Kenichi Shiraishi (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
H04N1/00411G06F40/166H04N1/00384
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Patent No.
US 12,301,771
App. No.
18/499,905
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

To make it possible for a user to easily perform partial editing for an unsettled file name or the like being displayed on a UI screen of the image processing apparatus. An editing a UI screen that takes a character string selected by a user as a target is displayed.

Claims (84)

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:

displaying a user interface (UI) screen including a preview area that displays a scanned image and an input field to input a character string on a display,

wherein in a case where one character area in the scanned image displayed in the preview area is selected by a user operation, a character string corresponding to the selected one character area is input to the input field,

the character string input to the input field is used as a part of a file name of a file including the scanned image, and

a separator to be inserted into a character string indicating the file name is selectable by a user from a displayed plurality of options reciting only separators that is displayed before the UI screen is displayed, but is not displayed with the scanned image.

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

in a case where one character area in the scanned image displayed in the preview area is deselected by a user operation, if a character string corresponding to the deselected one character area has been already input to the input field, the character string corresponding to the deselected one character area is deleted from a character string that has been input to the input field.

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

the separator to be inserted into a character string indicating the file name is selectable by a user from a displayed pull-down menu including the plurality of options reciting only separators.

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

a first option of the plurality of options recites only an underscore.

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

a second option of the plurality of options recites only a hyphen.

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

the character string corresponding to the selected one character area is a character string obtained as a result of character recognition processing executed for the one character area.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the character string obtained as the result of the character recognition processing and input to the input field and another character string that is not a character string obtained as a result of the character recognition processing are used for the file name.

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

the plurality of options is displayed on a UI screen different from a UI screen on which the input field is displayed.

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

a user operation to deselect one character area in the scanned image displayed in the preview area is a user operation including an operation for the one character area in the preview area.

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

in a case where the one character area in the scanned image displayed in the preview area is selected by a user operation, the character string corresponding to the selected one character area is input to the input field and the selected one character area is highlighted in the scanned image displayed in the preview area.

11. The image processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein

in a case where one character area in the scanned image displayed in the preview area is deselected by a user operation, if a character string corresponding to the deselected one character area has been already input to the input field, the character string corresponding to the deselected one character area is deleted from a character string that has been input to the input field and highlighting of the deselected one character area is cancelled in the scanned image displayed in the preview area.

12. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor further executes the program to perform:

displaying the plurality of options reciting only separators on the display, and

generating the file name by using the character string corresponding to the selected one character area and the separator selected from the displayed plurality of options reciting only separators.

13. A control method of an image processing apparatus, comprising:

a display step of displaying a user interface (UI) screen including a preview area that displays a scanned image and an input field to input a character string on a display,

wherein in the display step, in a case where one character area in the scanned image displayed in the preview area is selected by a user operation, a character string corresponding to the selected one character area is input to the input field,

the character string input to the input field is used as a part of a file name of a file including the scanned image, and

a separator to be inserted into a character string indicating the file name is selectable by a user from a displayed plurality of options reciting only separators that is displayed before the UI screen is displayed, but is not displayed with the scanned image.

14. The control method according to claim 13 , wherein

in the display step, in a case where one character area in the scanned image displayed in the preview area is deselected by a user operation, if a character string corresponding to the deselected one character area has been already input to the input field, control is performed so that the character string corresponding to the deselected one character area is deleted from a character string that has been input to the input field.

15. The control method according to claim 13 , wherein

the separator to be inserted into a character string indicating the file name is selectable by a user from a displayed pull-down menu including the plurality of options reciting only separators.

16. The control method according to claim 13 , wherein

a first option of the plurality of options recites only an underscore.

17. The control method according to claim 16 , wherein

a second option of the plurality of options recites only a hyphen.

18. The control method according to claim 13 , wherein

the character string corresponding to the selected one character area is a character string obtained as a result of character recognition processing executed for the one character area.

19. The control method according to claim 18 , wherein

the character string obtained as the result of the character recognition processing and input to the input field and another character string that is not a character string obtained as a result of the character recognition processing are used for the file name.

20. The control method according to claim 13 , wherein

the plurality of options is displayed on a UI screen different from a UI screen on which the input field is displayed.

21. The control method according to claim 14 , wherein

a user operation to deselect one character area in the scanned image displayed in the preview area is a user operation including an operation for the one character area in the preview area.

22. The control method according to claim 13 , wherein

in the display step, in a case where the one character area in the scanned image displayed in the preview area is selected by a user operation, the character string corresponding to the selected one character area is input to the input field and the selected one character area is highlighted in the scanned image displayed in the preview area.

23. The control method according to claim 22 , wherein

in the display step, in a case where one character area in the scanned image displayed in the preview area is deselected by a user operation, if a character string corresponding to the deselected one character area has been already input to the input field, the character string corresponding to the deselected one character area is deleted from a character string that has been input to the input field and highlighting of the deselected one character area is cancelled in the scanned image displayed in the preview area.

24. The control method according to claim 13 , further comprising:

displaying the plurality of options reciting only separators on the display, and

generating the file name by using the character string corresponding to the selected one character area and the separator selected from the displayed plurality of options reciting only separators.

25. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing an application for causing a computer to function as a display unit that displays a user interface (UI) screen including a preview area that displays a scanned image and an input field to input a character string on a display,

wherein in a case where one character area in the scanned image displayed in the preview area is selected by a user operation, a character string corresponding to the selected one character area is input to the input field,

the character string input to the input field is used as a part of a file name of a file including the scanned image, and

a separator to be inserted into a character string indicating the file name is selectable by a user from a displayed plurality of options reciting only separators that is displayed before the UI screen id displayed, but is not displayed with the scanned image.

26. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 25 , wherein

in a case where one character area in the scanned image displayed in the preview area is deselected by a user operation, if a character string corresponding to the deselected one character area has been already input to the input field, the display unit performs control so that the character string corresponding to the deselected one character area is deleted from a character string that has been input to the input field.

27. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 25 , wherein

the separator to be inserted into a character string indicating the file name is selectable by a user from a displayed pull-down menu including the plurality of options reciting only separators.

28. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 25 , wherein

a first option of the plurality of options recites only an underscore.

29. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 28 , wherein

a second option of the plurality of options recites only a hyphen.

30. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 25 , wherein

the character string corresponding to the selected one character area is a character string obtained as a result of character recognition processing executed for the one character area.

31. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 30 , wherein

the character string obtained as the result of the character recognition processing and input to the input field and another character string that is not a character string obtained as a result of the character recognition processing are used for the file name.

32. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 25 , wherein

the plurality of options is displayed on a UI screen different from a UI screen on which the input field is displayed.

33. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 26 , wherein

a user operation to deselect one character area in the scanned image displayed in the preview area is a user operation including an operation for the one character area in the preview area.

34. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 25 , wherein

in a case where the one character area in the scanned image displayed in the preview area is selected by a user operation, the character string corresponding to the selected one character area is input to the input field and the selected one character area is highlighted in the scanned image displayed in the preview area.

35. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 25 , wherein

in a case where one character area in the scanned image displayed in the preview area is deselected by a user operation, if a character string corresponding to the deselected one character area has been already input to the input field, the character string corresponding to the deselected one character area is deleted from a character string that has been input to the input field and highlighting of the deselected one character area is cancelled in the scanned image displayed in the preview area.

36. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 25 , wherein the application further causes the display unit to:

display the plurality of options reciting only separators on the display, and generate the file name by using the character string corresponding to the selected one character area and the separator selected from the displayed plurality of options reciting only separators.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-080384 · Apr 19, 2019 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17880548 · Aug 3, 2022
Continuation 16851230 · Apr 17, 2020
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