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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoya Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus capable of lowering the possibility that app buttons on an app selection screen will be rearranged in a way that is not intended by a user. The image forming apparatusdisplays a plurality of app buttons for executing respective apps on a plurality of pages of an app selection screenin a dividing manner, and has a structure that switches between the pages of the app selection screenin response to a page switching operation by a user, and changes a display order of the app buttons when a button prioritizing event that is a condition for preferentially displaying at least one of the app buttons is detected. When the button prioritizing event is detected after the page switching operation is performed, the app buttons is not rearranged and the app selection screen is kept unchanged.