1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a storage unit which stores job data of a reserved job;
an image forming unit which executes an image forming based on the job data of the reserved job;
a paper feeding unit which stores a paper to be supplied to the image forming unit;
a display unit;
a control unit which determines whether a type of a paper to be used in the reserved job is different from a type of a paper which is stored in the paper feeding unit or not, and allows the display unit display a job scheduling screen for displaying reservation information indicating a time required for an execution of the reserved job by including a predetermined notification when the control unit determines that the type of the paper to be used in the reserved job is different from the type of the paper which is stored in the paper feeding unit.
2. The image forming apparatus of claim 1, wherein
the job scheduling screen which is displayed by the control unit displays the reservation information of the reserved job in a table in which a first axis indicates paper feeding tray information and a second axis orthogonal to the first axis indicates the time required for the execution of the reserved job, and
the control unit calculates a time required for an execution of a job based on the job data and displays reservation information only for a length in the second axis corresponding to the calculated time required, and the control unit determines whether the type of the paper to be used in the reserved job is different from the type of the paper which is stored in the paper feeding unit or not and the control unit allows the display unit display the reservation information corresponding to the job differently from reservation information of other job when the control unit determines that the type of the paper to be used in the reserved job is different from the type of the paper which is stored in the paper feeding unit.
3. The image forming apparatus of claim 2, wherein
when the control unit determines that the type of the paper to be used in the reserved job is different from the type of the paper which is stored in the paper feeding unit, the control unit displays the reservation information corresponding to the job in the display unit differently from the reservation information of the other job by using any one of a color display of the reservation information, a display of a paper replacement mark or a hatching display of the reservation information.
4. The image forming apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an operation unit, wherein
when reservation information which is displayed in the display unit is selected by the operation unit, the control unit displays information among information of a paper specified in job data of a job corresponding to the reservation information which is different from information relating to a paper stored in the paper feeding unit so as to be highlighted in the job scheduling screen.
5. The image forming apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an operation unit, wherein
when two reservation information which are displayed in the display unit are selected by the operation unit, the control unit switches an execution order of jobs corresponding to the two reservation information.
6. The image forming apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an operation unit, wherein
when reservation information which is displayed in the display unit is selected by the operation unit, the control unit changes the paper feeding unit to be used in a job corresponding to the selected reservation information.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An input device, comprising:
a display section which displays data in a prescribed screen;
a touch panel which detects proximity of a finger to the screen;
a proximity coordinate extracting section which extracts proximity coordinates corresponding to a position of the finger in the proximity of the screen;
a pointer coordinate calculating section which calculates, when proximity of a plurality of fingers is simultaneously detected, a position in the screen corresponding to a middle point of positions of the plurality of fingers as pointer coordinates on the basis of proximity coordinates of the plurality of fingers;
a display controlling section which controls to display an indicator corresponding to the pointer coordinates in the calculated position in the screen; and
an event detecting section which detects an event for executing prescribed processing when a finger distance between the plurality of fingers has become equal to or smaller than a prescribed distance.
2. The input device according to claim 1, wherein the pointer coordinate calculating section calculates, as the pointer coordinates, a position obtained by projecting the middle point of the positions of the plurality of fingers onto the screen along an axis vertical to the screen.
3. The input device according to claim 1, wherein the pointer coordinate calculating section calculates, when a state where the plurality of fingers simultaneously move substantially parallel is detected, the pointer coordinates again on the basis of proximity coordinates of each of the plurality of fingers obtained during or after movement.
4. The input device according to claim 2, wherein the event detecting section generates a determination event for determining, as an operation target, a display element present in a position in the screen corresponding to the pointer coordinates when a distance between the plurality of fingers has become equal to or smaller than a prescribed distance.
5. The input device according to claim 4, wherein the event detecting section monitors change of the finger distance when the finger distance between the plurality of fingers has become equal to or smaller than the prescribed distance, discriminates a plurality of operation states by comparing the change of the finger distance with prescribed conditions, and generates the event in accordance with a discrimination result.
6. The input device according to claim 5, wherein the event detecting section discriminates a state where two fingers are in contact with each other as a first event, discriminates a state where the two fingers having come into contact with each other once are detached from each other as a second event, and discriminates a state where the two fingers having come into contact with each other twice are detached from each other as a third event.
7. The input device according to claim 4, wherein the event detecting section discriminates, when three or more fingers are simultaneously detected in a proximity state, a combination of fingers, out of the three or more fingers, having a finger distance reduced to be equal to or smaller than a prescribed distance, and generates an event in accordance with a discrimination result.
8. The input device according to claim 4, wherein the event detecting section monitors, when three or more fingers are simultaneously detected in a proximity state, change of a combination of fingers, out of the three or more fingers, having a finger distance reduced to be equal to or smaller than a prescribed distance, and generates an event in accordance with an order of the change.
9. The input device according to claim 7, wherein the display controlling section displays, in the screen, a pointer pointing a position of the pointer coordinates as the indicator.
10. The input device according to claim 1, wherein the display controlling section displays a display element, out of a plurality of operable display elements displayed in the screen, displayed in a position according with or in the proximity of the pointer coordinates to be distinguished, as a selected object, from other display elements.
11. An input assistance method for an input device including a display section displaying data in a prescribed screen, the input assistance method comprising the steps of:
detecting proximity of a finger to the screen;
extracting proximity coordinates corresponding to a position of the finger in the proximity of the screen;
calculating, when proximity of a plurality of fingers is simultaneously detected, a position in the screen corresponding to a middle point of positions of the plurality of fingers as pointer coordinates on the basis of proximity coordinates of each of the plurality of fingers;
displaying an indicator corresponding to the pointer coordinates in the calculated position in the screen; and
detecting, when a finger distance between the plurality of fingers has become equal to or smaller than a prescribed distance, an event for executing prescribed processing.
12. A program for causing a computer executing as an input device including a display section displaying data in a prescribed screen to realize:
a step of detecting proximity of a finger to the screen;
a step of extracting proximity coordinates corresponding to a position of the finger in the proximity of the screen;
a step of calculating, when proximity of a plurality of fingers is simultaneously detected, a position in the screen corresponding to a middle point of positions of the plurality of fingers as pointer coordinates on the basis of proximity coordinates of each of the plurality of fingers;
a step of displaying an indicator corresponding to the pointer coordinates in the calculated position in the screen; and
a step of detecting, when a finger distance between the plurality of fingers has become equal to or smaller than a prescribed distance, an event for executing prescribed processing.
13. The input device according to claim 3, wherein the event detecting section generates a determination event for determining, as an operation target, a display element present in a position in the screen corresponding to the pointer coordinates when a distance between the plurality of fingers has become equal to or smaller than a prescribed distance.
14. The input device according to claim 13, wherein the event detecting section monitors change of the finger distance when the finger distance between the plurality of fingers has become equal to or smaller than the prescribed distance, discriminates a plurality of operation states by comparing the change of the finger distance with prescribed conditions, and generates the event in accordance with a discrimination result.
15. The input device according to claim 14, wherein the event detecting section discriminates a state where two fingers are in contact with each other as a first event, discriminates a state where the two fingers having come into contact with each other once are detached from each other as a second event, and discriminates a state where the two fingers having come into contact with each other twice are detached from each other as a third event.
16. The input device according to claim 13, wherein the event detecting section discriminates, when three or more fingers are simultaneously detected in a proximity state, a combination of fingers, out of the three or more fingers, having a finger distance reduced to be equal to or smaller than a prescribed distance, and generates an event in accordance with a discrimination result.
17. The input device according to claim 13, wherein the event detecting section monitors, when three or more fingers are simultaneously detected in a proximity state, change of a combination of fingers, out of the three or more fingers, having a finger distance reduced to be equal to or smaller than a prescribed distance, and generates an event in accordance with an order of the change.
18. The input device according to claim 16, wherein the display controlling section displays, in the screen, a pointer pointing a position of the pointer coordinates as the indicator.
19. The input device according to claim 17, wherein the display controlling section displays, in the screen, a pointer pointing a position of the pointer coordinates as the indicator.
20. The input device according to claim 8, wherein the display controlling section displays, in the screen, a pointer pointing a position of the pointer coordinates as the indicator.