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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:
Dec. 03, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tuyoshi Todome, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395166 ; 340706 ; 340712 ; 364188 ; 395155 ;
Abstract
A display and input device (22) is used in a combination equipment incorporating, for example, a copier (120), a facsimile (130), a printer (140) or a scanner (150) having independent operational functions. This display and input device comprised of a transparent touch panel having flat display is designed so that the picture image information is displayed step by step by the display unit. When the combination apparatus is operated and the picture image operations are executed, the required information for such operations is displayed step by step, permitting the simple checking of input information and correct execution of the desired operation.