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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2011
Tsumoru Matsuura, Toyohashi, JP;
Eiichi Yoshida, Toyokawa, JP;
Takatsugu Kuno, Toyokawa, JP;
Kenichi Komaba, Toyokawa, JP;
Taketoshi Yamahata, Toyokawa, JP;
Tsumoru Matsuura, Toyohashi, JP;
Eiichi Yoshida, Toyokawa, JP;
Takatsugu Kuno, Toyokawa, JP;
Kenichi Komaba, Toyokawa, JP;
Taketoshi Yamahata, Toyokawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus comprises: a display that displays a first screen including one or more than one first key for setting a mode to execute a function of the apparatus, and then, if one of the first keys is pressed, displays a second screen including one or more than one second key, which is a lower-class screen under the pressed first key; and a customizing portion that hides at least one of the first and the second keys on the first screen, according to a user operation, and wherein if a user changes to non-display, the setting of at least one of the first keys on the first screen, while there exists a second key preliminarily prohibited from being hidden, on the second screen that is a lower-class screen under the first key to be hidden according to the changed setting, the customizing portion doesn't hide the first key.