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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2023
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takehito Utsunomiya, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G09B 21/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00493 (2013.01); G09B 21/003 (2013.01); H04N 1/00384 (2013.01); H04N 1/00403 (2013.01); H04N 1/00411 (2013.01); H04N 1/0049 (2013.01); H04N 1/00496 (2013.01); H04N 1/00557 (2013.01); H04N 1/00559 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0081 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0093 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device is mountable on an image forming apparatus including a display portion capable of displaying information and is a numerical key unitat least including a numerical key portionconsisting of a hardware key capable of inputting information on a numerical value and a start keyconsisting of a hardware key capable of inputting information for starting predetermined processing. The start keyis disposed on a front side F than the numerical key portionin a state in which the numerical key unitis mounted on the image forming apparatus.