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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2013
Manabu Furukawa, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Hideyuki Matsuda, Hirakata, JP;
Nobuhiro Mishima, Osaka, JP;
Kazusei Takahashi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Mitsuharu Nagai, Amagasaki, JP;
Manabu Furukawa, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Hideyuki Matsuda, Hirakata, JP;
Nobuhiro Mishima, Osaka, JP;
Kazusei Takahashi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Mitsuharu Nagai, Amagasaki, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprises: a display which allows users to connect a first icon to a second icon on a first screen and is capable of displaying the first screen with a still image of the first icon in motion and a second screen matching an event; a completion detector which detects completion of the connecting operation; a processor which performs an operation predetermined for the first and second icon when the connecting operation is completed; an event detector which detects occurrence of an event during the connecting operation; and a controller which performs, if an event occurs before completion of the connecting operation, a control operation consisting of: storing composition information of the first screen with a still image of the first icon in motion; interrupting the first screen; and reproducing the first screen after disappearance of the second screen on the basis of the composition information.