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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
May. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Inventor:
Kumiko Ogino, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/5016 (2013.01); G03G 15/556 (2013.01); G06F 3/121 (2013.01); G06F 3/1207 (2013.01); G06F 3/1235 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, an image output unit, a transport unit that transports a recording medium, a display unit that displays a screen, and a controller that controls the units. The controller detects a state change of each unit of the image forming apparatus, and exerts control so as to cause the display unit to display, in accordance with the detected state change of the unit, an image indicating the state change of the unit. The image indicating the state change of the unit includes a color and a figure which represent a reason of the state change.