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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Miyoko Maruyama, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00411 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); H04N 1/0044 (2013.01); H04N 1/00384 (2013.01); H04N 1/00424 (2013.01); H04N 1/00474 (2013.01); H04N 1/00482 (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 addition, when an input of a numerical value is requested, a group of keys of the same arrangement is displayed at the same position on the touch-panel display, regardless of the operational mode.