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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1993
Filed:
May. 06, 1992
Bruce Axten, Boise, ID (US);
Richard Beaufort, Boise, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A peripheral unit is provided with a control panel that includes a plurality of indicators, each indicator displaying to a user a state condition of the peripheral unit. The control panel also includes a user operable key. A 'state' circuit is responsive to a functional state of the peripheral unit to cause the state indicators to manifest a selected one of a set of state conditions. A controller is provided for initiating peripheral unit operations. A state logic machine is responsive to each manifested state of the set and user actuation of the key, to cause the controller to initiate a peripheral unit operations, that operation uniquely related to a state manifested by the indicators.