Prevention of display overlap in a user interface for an image forming apparatus

摘要

An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire status information of an image forming apparatus; and an information display unit configured to constantly display the status information of the image forming apparatus in a first region on a display device, to display setting information regarding image processing to be performed in the image forming apparatus in a second region on the display device, the second region being adjacent to the first region, and to display a relation display element related to the setting information at a position so as not to overlap the relation display element with the first region.

主权项

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
an acquisition unit configured to acquire status information of an image forming apparatus; an information display unit configured to constantly display the status information of the image forming apparatus in a first region on a display device, to display setting information regarding image processing to be performed in the image forming apparatus in a second region on the display device, the second region being adjacent to the first region, and to display a relation display element related to the setting information; and a pop-up screen generation unit configured to acquire ideal setting values for height and width for a size of a screen that can display all relation setting information related to the setting information displayed in the second region by the information display unit, to calculate values for height and width for a greatest size that the screen can display in the second region displayed by the information display unit, and to reduce the size of the screen when the size is greater than the greatest size to prevent overlapping the relation display element with the first region.