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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2005
Michinari Shinohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Morikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Michinari Shinohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Morikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic apparatus with a display unit that can display icons indicating an apparatus state or an operating condition based on an on-screen display function includes an apparatus-condition detecting unit that detects a change of the apparatus state or a change of a setting of the operating condition; an icon assigning unit that assigns an icon indicating the apparatus state or the operating condition for which the change is detected by the apparatus-condition detecting unit; and an on-screen-display controller that displays the icon assigned in a shape different from the icon before being assigned.