Patent · US Active

User interface device, function setting method, and computer program product

US8635527B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

14Claims

0Family size

Assignee

RICOH COMPANY, LTD. · JP

Inventors

Iwao Saeki · Kawagoe, JP
Tetsuya Sakayori · Tokyo, JP
Takashi Yano · Nanbu, JP
Junichi Takami · Yokohama, JP
Yoshinaga Kato · Yokohama, JP
Haruo Shida · Yokohama, JP
Yoshifumi Sakuramata · Tokyo, JP
Hiroko Mano · Tokyo, JP
Ryuichi Shimamura · Yokohama, JP
Toshihiro Kobayashi · Fujisawa, JP
Akihiro Moriyama · Yokohama, JP
Katsuhiko Fujita · Fukuoka, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 6, 2006
Grant date	Jan 21, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 9, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03G2215/00109
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An input image is analyzed into document components. Preview data of the input image is generated based on a result of analysis. A function item that can be processed on the input image is selected based on the result of analysis. A function item is specified from among function items displayed on an operation display unit. A target area for specified function item is displayed together with the preview data on the operation display unit. A target area is specified from among target areas displayed on the operation display unit. New preview data that reflects the specified function item processed on specified target area is generated, and output to the operation display unit.

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