Image display control device and image forming apparatus including the same

Abstract

A control unit includes a touch panel display capable of presenting preview display of multiple pages of document images in a scrollable manner on the display panel. The touch panel display controller includes: a commanded position detecting controller that detects a commanded position relative to one of document images being a reference in the preview image displayed on a display panel; a preview layout direction switching controller that switches the layout direction in the preview image in accordance with the commanded position; and a scroll direction switching controller that switches the scrolling direction in the preview image in accordance with the detected commanded position.

1 . An image display control device comprising:
 a control screen displaying document images in preview representation; and,   a display controller, characterized in that   the display controller has the function of presenting plural pages of document images on the control screen in preview representation and the function of displaying the plural pages of document images presented in preview representation in a vertically or laterally scrolling manner,   the display controller includes:   a commanded position detecting controller that detects a commanded position relative to a reference document image to be the reference among multiple pages of document images in the preview image displayed on the control screen when the user designates a position to be operated on the control screen;   a preview layout direction switching controller that switches the layout direction in the preview image in accordance with the commanded position detected by the commanded position detecting controller; and,   a scroll direction switching controller that switches the scrolling direction in the preview image in accordance with the detected commanded position detected by the commanded position detecting controller.   
     
     
         2 . The image display control device according to  claim 1 , wherein the display controller includes a document image insertion controller that inserts a new document image into the commanded position detected by the commanded position detecting controller,
 the preview layout direction switching controller includes a first preview layout direction setting function of setting the preview layout direction so as to be directed along the direction in which the reference document image and the new document image inserted by the document image insertion controller are laid out, and,   the scroll direction switching controller includes a first scroll direction setting function of setting the scrolling direction so as to be directed along the direction in which the reference document image and the newly document image inserted by the document image insertion controller are laid out.   
     
     
         3 . The image display control device according to  claim 1 , wherein the display controller includes a document image movement controller that moves a document image, displayed at the commanded position detected by the commanded position detecting controller, and selected from the multiple pages of document images,
 the preview layout direction switching controller includes a second preview layout direction setting function of setting the preview layout direction so as to be directed along the direction in which the reference document image and the document image moved by the document image movement controller are laid out, and,   the scroll direction switching controller includes a second scroll direction setting function of setting the scrolling direction so as to be directed along the direction in which the reference document image and the document image moved by the document image movement controller are laid out.   
     
     
         4 . The image display control device according to  claim 1 , wherein the preview layout direction switching controller includes a third preview layout direction setting function of setting the preview layout direction so as to be directed along the direction from the reference document image toward the detected commanded position detected by the commanded position detecting controller, and,
 the scroll direction switching controller includes a third scroll direction setting function of setting the scrolling direction so as to be directed from the reference document image toward the commanded position detected by the commanded position detecting controller.   
     
     
         5 . The image display control device according to  claim 4 , wherein when the commanded position detecting controller detects the commanded position at the upper or lower side of the reference document image, the preview layout direction switching controller sets the layout direction in the preview image so as to be directed in the vertical direction on the control screen, and,
 the scroll direction switching controller sets the scrolling direction in the preview image so as to be directed in the vertical direction on the control screen.   
     
     
         6 . The image display control device according to  claim 4 , wherein when the commanded position detecting controller detects the commanded position at the left or right side of the reference document image, the preview layout direction switching controller sets the layout direction in the preview image so as to be directed in the lateral direction on the control screen, and,
 the scroll direction switching controller sets the scrolling direction in the preview image so as to be directed in the lateral direction on the control screen.   
     
     
         7 . The image display control device according to  claim 1 , wherein the display controller includes:
 a finishing process setup controller that sets up a finishing process;   a finished state display controller that displays the finished state of document images in preview representation; and,   a finishing process setup modification controller that changes a binding position designated at the finishing process, in accordance with the commanded position detected by the commanded position detecting controller.   
     
     
         8 . The image display control device according to  claim 7 , wherein the finishing process setup modification controller includes a function of modifying the binding position designated in the finishing process, in accordance with the commanded position into which the newly inserted document image is inserted, detected by the commanded position detecting controller. 
     
     
         9 . The image display control device according to  claim 7 , wherein the finishing process setup modification controller includes a function of modifying the binding position designated in the finishing process, in accordance with the commanded position, to which the document image selected from the displayed multiple pages of document images is moved, detected by the commanded position detecting controller. 
     
     
         10 . The image display control device according to  claim 1 , wherein the preview layout direction selecting controller is configured to be able to select the direction of arrangement of document images in the preview image on the control screen, either from right to left or left to right, when the controller switches the layout direction in the preview image on the control screen, from the vertical direction to the lateral direction, in accordance with the detected commanded position. 
     
     
         11 . An image forming apparatus including an image display control device, characterized in that the image display control device according to  claim 1  is used as the image display control device.