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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2000
Satoshi Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Sagoh, Yokohama, JP;
Yasufumi Takada, Yokohama, JP;
Yosato Hitaka, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Satow, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiro Hikida, Tokyo, JP;
Naohiro Yoshikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an image processing apparatus, the data form of data to be processed by an application program is stored and the data forms of data are stored. Processing by the application program, and the data to be processed are represented by respective peculiar icons, and the correspondence between the icon representing the processing by the application program and the icon representing the data to be processed by the application program is displayed based on the stored—information. Thus, the user can operate with the data without being aware of the correspondence between data and an application which can process the data.