OPERATION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE OPERATION DEVICE, AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD OF THE OPERATION DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to easily input a processing request regardless of the change of an operation mode and switching of a screen, with respect to an image forming apparatus having a plurality of operation modes.SOLUTION: Information is divided and displayed in five areas for examp...

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Main Authors TANI TAKESHI, SENSU MINAMI
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 06.10.2011
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to easily input a processing request regardless of the change of an operation mode and switching of a screen, with respect to an image forming apparatus having a plurality of operation modes.SOLUTION: Information is divided and displayed in five areas for example: a system area 1000; a function selection area 2000; a preview area 3000, an action panel area 4000; and a task trigger area 5000 on a touch panel display of the image forming apparatus. In this case, identical or similar information is displayed in an area arranged in the same position even when the operation mode is switched. Software buttons to be operated by the user so as to actually operate the image forming apparatus are displayed in the task trigger area 5000.
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20100065398