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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:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kyocera Mita Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 ;
Abstract
An image forming device according to the present invention includes a display section which can be switched between a first screen and a second screen, and allows the first screen to display functions selected by the user from among a plurality of basic functions. Functions that have not been selected by the user are displayed on the second screen or other screens. By selecting functions that the user often uses, the user can have such frequently used functions always displayed on the first screen. Accordingly, the image forming device allows easy function setting, and therefore is user-friendly.