Contextual Touch Panel
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1. A touch panel for an electronic device, comprising:
- an electronic display;
a frame bordering the display, the frame including a plurality of icons each representing a device control and wherein any icon representing a control that is available for a device function appearing on the display is highlighted and any icon representing a control that is not available for a device function appearing on the display is not highlighted; and
a touch sensitive material for selectively activating device controls appearing on the display and for selectively activating highlighted icons.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a touch panel for an electronic device includes: an electronic display; a frame bordering the display, the frame including a plurality of icons each representing a device control and wherein any icon representing a control that is available for a device function appearing on the display is highlighted and any icon representing a control that is not available for a device function appearing on the display is not highlighted; and a touch sensitive material for selectively activating device controls appearing on the display and for selectively activating highlighted icons.
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21 Claims
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1. A touch panel for an electronic device, comprising:
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an electronic display; a frame bordering the display, the frame including a plurality of icons each representing a device control and wherein any icon representing a control that is available for a device function appearing on the display is highlighted and any icon representing a control that is not available for a device function appearing on the display is not highlighted; and a touch sensitive material for selectively activating device controls appearing on the display and for selectively activating highlighted icons. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A touch panel for an electronic device, comprising:
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an electronic display; a plurality of icons bordering the display, each icon representing a device control; a plurality of lamps each located near a corresponding icon to illuminate the icon when the lamp is energized, each lamp operative to illuminate the corresponding icon only when the device control represented by that icon is active; and a touch screen overlaying the display and the icons for selecting a device control appearing on the display and for selecting a device control represented by an illuminated icon. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 21)
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17. A printer, comprising:
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a touch panel including an electronic display, a frame bordering the display, the frame having a plurality of icons each representing a printer control, and a touch sensitive material overlaying the display and the frame; a print engine; an input/output device; and an electronic controller operatively connected to the touch panel, the print engine and the input/output device for controlling operation of the touch panel, print engine and input/output device, the controller operative to highlight any icon representing a control that is available for a printer function appearing on the display and to not highlight any icon representing a control that is not available for a printer function appearing on the display. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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