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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Shinsaku Tohki, Osaka, JP;
Takaya Nakatani, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00501 (2013.01); G06K 15/00 (2013.01); H04N 1/0035 (2013.01); H04N 1/00413 (2013.01); H04N 1/00461 (2013.01); H04N 1/00466 (2013.01); H04N 1/00482 (2013.01); G06F 3/1297 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
On a touch-panel display of an image forming apparatus, pieces of information are displayed divided into five areas, that is, a system area, a function selecting area, a preview area, an action panel area and a task trigger area, of which arrangement is kept unchanged even when operational modes are switched. With such an arrangement, the same or similar pieces of information are displayed on an area arranged at the same position even in different operational modes.