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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2010
Shoji Imaizumi, Shinshiro, JP;
Hiroshi Sugiura, Toyokawa, JP;
Yoichi Kurumasa, Toyokawa, JP;
Kaoru Fukuoka, Toyokawa, JP;
Yusaku Tanaka, Toyokawa, JP;
Shoji Imaizumi, Shinshiro, JP;
Hiroshi Sugiura, Toyokawa, JP;
Yoichi Kurumasa, Toyokawa, JP;
Kaoru Fukuoka, Toyokawa, JP;
Yusaku Tanaka, Toyokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An MFP sequentially displays a plurality of operation screens on a display panel by switching, and receives a user operation on each operation screen. The user operation is performed for the switching or execution of a function, and the operation screens include screens customized by a user. A guidance information providing device includes: an information storage part storing switching information pieces in correspondence with the customized screens; a route generator that generates route information with reference to the stored switching information pieces, the generated route information indicating a display order of customized screens to be sequentially displayed between a current customized screen and a desired customized screen; a controller that selects, from among the stored switching information pieces, a switching information piece indicating switching from the current customized screen to a next customized screen to be displayed according to the display order indicated by the generated route information; a guidance generator that generates guidance information indicating an operation method for the user to switch the current customized screen to the next customized screen; and a communicator that outputs the generated guidance information.