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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:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
May. 18, 2006
Fusahiro Shiono, Osaka, JP;
Atsushi Ohta, Nara, JP;
Takashi Sawano, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a data processing setting apparatus which allows a user to easily confirm a function, which has already been set, when setting a desired function from a plurality of functions of data processing. A printer driver UI sectionincludes (I) a display control sectionfor displaying on a setting screen image a plurality of advanced function icons each indicating a function of a print processing and being able to be identified by the function, (II) a detail condition setting sectionfor (i) setting one advanced function corresponding to the advanced function icon selected, in response to an input instruction, from a plurality of advanced function icons displayed on the setting screen image, and (III) a set function icon display processing sectionfor displaying a set function icon in a region of the setting screen image, not in a region in which the plurality of advanced function icons are displayed, the set function icon corresponding to the advanced function set by the detail condition setting sectionand indicating that the advanced function has already been set.