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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2011
Eiichi Narimatu, Toyokawa, JP;
Takashi Oikawa, Toyohashi, JP;
Shinichi Asai, Gamagori, JP;
Hiroshi Iwamoto, Toyohashi, JP;
Eiichi Narimatu, Toyokawa, JP;
Takashi Oikawa, Toyohashi, JP;
Shinichi Asai, Gamagori, JP;
Hiroshi Iwamoto, Toyohashi, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus implements a plurality of functions and includes a display device. The plurality of functions include a function belonging to a first group and a function belonging to a second group. A selection accepting unit accepts selection of any of the first group and the second group. A first display control unit causes the display device to display on a display screen, a plurality of first keys corresponding to respective functions belonging to the first group, regardless of which of the first group and the second group has been selected. A second display control unit causes, when the second group is selected, the display device to display in a second region of the display screen other than a first region where the first keys are displayed, second keys corresponding to respective functions belonging to the second group.