Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Hidetoshi Fujimoto

Yukio Kanaoka

Masaaki Aida

Katsuhiro Iida

Takeshi Kodera

Tohru Ohtani

Yasutaka Shimamoto

Keiichi Takao

Yuhsuke Totsuka

Keiichiroh Aou

Keiichiro Satoh

An operating device according to the present invention includes a posture setter that sets a posture of the operating device with respect to a user to a first posture, a display processor that causes a predetermined object to be displayed toward a first direction in the display area of the operating device set to the first posture, a posture detector that detects a posture change of the operating device when the user changes the posture of the operating device, and a display changer that causes at least a part of object information included in the object to be displayed toward the first direction in the display area when the operating device changes the posture from the first posture to a second posture.

Operating device, display control method, and recording medium recording display control program

Problem: To be able to reduce manufacturing cost and achieve downsizing of an apparatus. Solution: An image forming apparatusincludes a CPU (), an image former (), and a display panel. The display panelserves as a display portionwhich displays an image, an image readerwhich reads a document placed on a display surface, and an operation portionwhich receives an input operation by a user. The CPU () detects a document area where the document exists on the display surface of the display panel, and causes the operation portionto be displayed at a position according to the detected document area on the display panel

Image reading apparatus comprising display panel which serves as operation portion and image reader, image forming apparatus, non-transitory storage medium, and control method

A flexible device includes a display portion including a flexible display and a support body. The support body includes at least one curved portion that includes a surface opposite from a laid surface of the flexible display, the surface being gently curved toward the laid surface of the flexible display, and that has an oval arc-shaped cross section. The flexible display is laid across the curved portion.

Flexible device and method for manufacturing same

To enable the content of a printed material to be easily checked and inconvenience when a user collects the printed material to be avoided. An image forming apparatusincludes an image forming part () and a display panel, and the display paneldisplays a preview imagecorresponding to image data for printing an image on a sheet. For example, the preview imageis displayed on the display panelfrom when a print job is started and the first sheet in the print job is fed until the last sheet in the print job is discharged into a sheet discharge part

Image forming apparatus, control program, and control method

A hinge device with a simple configuration and an electronic device are provided. The hinge device, is invisible between a first housing and a second housing from a front obliquely-upward direction, and is capable of preventing a lower end of the first housing from being covered by the second housing when the first housing is in an open state. A hinge device is provided between a display part and a keyboard part, and couples the display part to the keyboard part in an openable and closable manner. A U-shaped portion, which has a U-shaped cross section and one end portion formed integrally with the keyboard part, is included on a rear side of the keyboard part. A hinge portion is provided to the other end portion of the U-shaped portion to open and close the display part with respect to the keyboard part. The hinge portion supports a back surface of the display part, and is capable of rotating the display part. A recessed portion is formed in the one end portion of the U-shaped portion. The recessed portion prevents a lower end of the display part and the one end portion of the U-shaped portion from being brought into contact with each other when the display part is rotated.

Hinge device and electronic device

A flexible device includes at least a pair of magnets, and at least the pair of magnets are disposed such that a repelling force acts between the magnets when a display portion is folded opposing one part and the other part of the flexible display.

Flexible device

An information processing device () includes, as a second connection section for connecting a first member () and a second member () with each other, a flexible hinge () that allows for rotation at least from (i) the angle at which a portion of a flexible display (U) which portion is on the front surface of the second member () is in contact with a portion of the flexible display (L) which portion is on the front surface of the first member () to (ii) the angle at which the portion of the flexible display (U) which portion is on the front surface of the second member () is flush with the portion of the flexible display (L) which portion is on the front surface of the first member ().

Information processing device

An image forming apparatus includes a housing in which an image forming section is contained and a paper output section into which a sheet of paper on which an image has been formed is ejected. The paper output section includes a paper output tray that supports the front side or back side of the sheet of paper, a back-end supporting member that supports a back end of the sheet of paper in a paper ejection direction, and a paper takeout slot through which the sheet of paper is taken out. The paper output section is provided at the outer edge of the interior of the housing. The housing has an external wall whose inner face side is used as the paper output tray. The paper takeout slot opens upward.

Image forming apparatus including a housing used as paper output tray

A display device includes a foldable case unit and a flexible display panel. The case unit includes an elongated connecting plate, and a lower case and an upper case coupled to the connecting plate via hinge parts, respectively. The upper case has a variable dimension in a y direction. In the opened case unit, the lower case, the connecting plate, and the upper case are aligned flush with one another in the y direction. In the folded case unit, the dimension of the upper case in the y direction is larger than the dimension in the opened case unit, and the display panel is accommodated in a space surrounded with the lower case, the connecting plate, and the upper case.

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Hidetoshi Fujimoto