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Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2008
Applicant:

Kota Ohara, Ebina, JP;

Inventor:

Kota Ohara, Ebina, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a display that displays a normal operational screen and information other than the normal operational screen; an event detecting unit that detects an event occurring; a memory that stores pairs of first events and second events which have been configured beforehand; and a display switching controller that switches what is displayed on the display to a normal operational screen, when the event detecting unit detects the occurrence of a first event stored in the memory during display of information other than the normal operational screen on the display, and switches what is displayed on the display to information other than the normal operational screen, when the event detecting unit detects a second event paired with the first event.


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