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Patent No.:

US 8270009 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012

Filed:

Mar. 07, 2008

Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and screen display method, all capable of displaying an operation screen without damaging any intrinsic performance of the image forming apparatus

Applicants:

Tetsuya Akahane, Sagamihara, JP;

Tadashi Suzue, Hachioji, JP;

Inventors:

Tetsuya Akahane, Sagamihara, JP;

Tadashi Suzue, Hachioji, JP;

Assignee:

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Benny Q Tieu

Assistant Examiner:

Ngon Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Disclosed is an image forming apparatus comprising: a control section; and a display section connected to a system bus, wherein the display section comprises: a display device; a screen data storage section to temporarily store screen data of an operation screen; and a display control section to display the operation screen based on the screen data, and wherein the control section comprises: a storage section to store the screen data of the operation screen; and a controller to transfer the screen data of the operation screen pertaining to a function provided to the image forming apparatus to the screen data storage section through the system bus after a power source is turned on and before the function becomes operable; and to control the display control section to display the operation screen based on the screen data stored in the screen data storage section, after the function becomes operable.

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Akahane, Tetsuya. (2012). Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and screen display method, all capable of displaying an operation screen without damaging any intrinsic performance of the image forming apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 8270009). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8270009

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