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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2012
Tomo Tsuboi, Itami, JP;
Toshimichi Iwai, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Takehisa Yamaguchi, Ikoma, JP;
Kazumi Sawayanagi, Itami, JP;
Akihiro Torigoshi, Amagasaki, JP;
Tomo Tsuboi, Itami, JP;
Toshimichi Iwai, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Takehisa Yamaguchi, Ikoma, JP;
Kazumi Sawayanagi, Itami, JP;
Akihiro Torigoshi, Amagasaki, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Continuously after two contacts are made on a touch panel, when a gesture of moving the two contacts in a direction that a spacing therebetween is decreased and then releasing the two contacts after being moved is detected, an image forming apparatus identifies a program presented by an icon displayed in an area defined by the two contacts at least either of before and after being moved, as a program subjected to the gesture, and stores information that identifies the program subjected to the gesture. The image forming apparatus reads the information that identifies the program subjected to the gesture in accordance with a command related to the program subjected to the gesture to execute an operation related to the program, and transmits information depending on the operation to another device indicated by the command.