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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Takeshi Tani, Osaka, JP;
Minami Sensu, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00912 (2013.01); G03G 15/00 (2013.01); G03G 15/502 (2013.01); G06K 15/005 (2013.01); H04N 1/0044 (2013.01); H04N 1/00411 (2013.01); H04N 1/00424 (2013.01); H04N 1/00474 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
On a touch-panel display of an image forming apparatus, which is divided to five areas, that is, a system area, a function selection area, a preview area, an action panel area and a task trigger area, pieces of information are displayed. Even if an operational mode is switched, the same or similar information is always displayed in the area arranged at the same position. In the task trigger area, software buttons operated by the user for actually operating the image forming apparatus are displayed.