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Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 13, 2011
Applicant:

Takao Maekawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventor:

Takao Maekawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/23 (2006.01); H04N 1/21 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00435 (2013.01); H04N 1/2307 (2013.01); H04N 1/00411 (2013.01); H04N 1/00424 (2013.01); H04N 1/00427 (2013.01); H04N 1/00448 (2013.01); H04N 1/00474 (2013.01); H04N 1/00938 (2013.01); H04N 1/2158 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01); G06F 3/1208 (2013.01); G06F 3/1256 (2013.01); G06F 3/128 (2013.01); G06F 9/44505 (2013.01);
Abstract

A display control device includes: a detecting unit that detects whether an external storage device is inserted into an image forming apparatus; an analyzing unit that analyzes the type of file stored in the external storage device when the detecting unit detects that the external storage device is inserted; and a display control unit that specifies a function related to the type of file among the functions of the image forming apparatus on the basis of the analysis result of the analyzing unit and displays a display screen to which the specified function is allocated on a display unit.


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