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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2011
Applicant:
Fuminori Miyoshi, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Fuminori Miyoshi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When a quantity of light of a liquid crystal back light falls below a predetermined value, a detecting section of an input device outputs to a first control section a failure-detected signal indicating that a failure occurred in the liquid crystal back light of an operation panel. When a touched area is inputted from a touch panel after the failure-detected signal was inputted, the first control section, referring to a failure time table, transmits setting information corresponding to a display area that includes the touched area to a second control section of an image forming apparatus.