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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1998
Masaki Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Ichiyoshi, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroaki Sasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Yosuke Osawa, Glen Cove, NY (US);
Nobuyuki Imai, Kitamine-machi, JP;
Yasunori Senshiki, Kunitachi, JP;
Tatsuya Hisatomi, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A composite apparatus includes a business-machine main-body apparatus having at least a copying function and a printer function, and a display device, also operating as an original-pressing plate, having a flat display surface for displaying an operational function and other information. The display device is provided above an original-reading device of the main-body apparatus. By allowing an operation using the display device from a plurality of sides of the main-body apparatus, the range of selection of location of the composite apparatus is widened, and the operability of the composite apparatus is improved.
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