Methods and apparatus for providing localization of control panels
First Claim
1. A document processing apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of user-accessible input points configured to generate input point signals in response to being accessed by a user;
an electronic readable memory device comprising descriptions of selected ones of the plurality of user-accessible input points in a plurality of languages; and
a processor configured to associate an input point signal from an input point with a corresponding description of the input point in a preselected one of the plurality of languages and to display the description on the display.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for allowing the user of a document processing apparatus to obtain local language descriptions of user input points. An apparatus in accordance with the present invention has a display, a processor, and a plurality of user-accessible input points configured to generate input point signals in response to being accessed by a user. An electronic readable memory device contains descriptions of at least some of the plurality of user-accessible input points. The descriptions are provided in a plurality of languages, including the desired local language. The local language is preselected from among the plurality of languages as the language to be made available to the user. The processor is configured to associate an input point signal with a corresponding description of the input point in the preselected language and to display the local language description of the user input point on the display.
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1. A document processing apparatus comprising:
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a display;
a plurality of user-accessible input points configured to generate input point signals in response to being accessed by a user;
an electronic readable memory device comprising descriptions of selected ones of the plurality of user-accessible input points in a plurality of languages; and
a processor configured to associate an input point signal from an input point with a corresponding description of the input point in a preselected one of the plurality of languages and to display the description on the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for displaying local language descriptions of a plurality of user accessible input points of a document processing apparatus, comprising:
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providing, on a machine readable medium and in the local language, a plurality of descriptions of user input points corresponding to the plurality of user accessible input points; and
in response to a user accessing an input point, accessing the local language description of the user input point which corresponds to the user input point, and displaying to the user the local language description of the user input point. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20)
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18. A document processing apparatus comprising:
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a display;
a plurality of user-accessible input points configured to generate input point signals in response to being accessed by a user;
an electronic readable memory device comprising descriptions of selected ones of the plurality of user-accessible input points in a local language; and
a processor configured to associate an input point signal from an input point with a corresponding description of the input point in the local language and to display the description on the display.
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